cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/40087740
Happy ruleversary
Oh, it went down finally? I wonder if whatever Eternity is based on died
Been a good couple of years
Submitted 10 months ago by jballs@sh.itjust.works to fediverse@lemmy.world
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RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Ah-ho!
Krauerking@lemy.lol 10 months ago
3 months short for me but that’s because it took me that long to figure out how Lemmy worked.
hark@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I wasn’t on reddit, but I did hear a lot of buzz about lemmy around that time, so I decided to check it out. It’s been one of the better places I’ve enjoyed for discussion.
wanderwisley@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I’ve only been here since the start of the year but I’m happy to be here.
Horsey@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I genuinely can’t believe it’s been so long
akai_android@programming.dev 10 months ago
that was a fast 2yrs
KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol 10 months ago
Cheers for infinity, may it rest in peace.
I’m currently using Eternity for lemmy (fork)
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 10 months ago
100% RIF was the best, when it went bye bye so did I
sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Same. I had gotten the paid version because the dev deserved something for such a great app. RIF died and I did a hard cutover to Lemmy. Deleted my Reddit account and probably caused some confusion for the cordcutters subreddit. I had a post which was part of the sidebar for about a decade.
silasmariner@programming.dev 10 months ago
For a month or two I still kept the app on my phone. As a memento.
Reddit’s official UX experiences suck balls
pastel_de_airfryer@lemmy.eco.br 10 months ago
I still have it installed and I plan to keep it until my smartphone stops working
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You just reminded me that I never uninstalled it lmao…
cheeseburger@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Relay for Reddit hung on for an extra month or two, so we’re nearly at 2 years as well. Wow.
QubaXR@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I pour one out for Bacon Reader
klemptor@startrek.website 10 months ago
Yup I loved baconreader!
JPSound@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Hey, thats me! 2 years already?!?! Freakin crazy
jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I know right?!
plz1@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m so happy with Voyager being a really good replacement for Apollo. If you use it, donate to the dev. Building apps this good, solo, is hard.
pootzapie@lemy.lol 10 months ago
Thank you for reminder!!
Makeshift@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Wasn’t RIF fir me, it was Apollo. But same general reason!
Some niche communities I miss (I know, I know. Make them! I’m a follower not a leader, and my schedule is bad enough already. I have substitutes). But overall Lemmy good.
I’m here for news and shitposts and random TILs.
Fuck Spez!
Mellibird@lemmy.myserv.one 10 months ago
Yes Apollo!! I used it on my iPad, but boost was and now still is my go to. As soon as Boost was done, I jumped to Lemmy. I wasn’t sure if I would stick around in the beginning, but I’m so glad that I have. I have thoroughly been enjoying my time here
projectsquared@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Scrolled until I saw an Apollo post. I miss the old days on Reddit. As much as I want it to be the same here, it simply isn’t.
SilverShark@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Reddit really turned into yet another brainrot doom scroll website.
I think back to what it used to be, how I used to engage with the communities and it’s depressing to see how that was lost. I miss the old API especially. I used to have personal project around it that helped me use it. It was fun to develop and maintain, and it really helped me out browsing reddit.
when they changed the api ruled I tried still to use it, but their interface to create an account to use the free api (I was querying so little it would have applied to use the free api), never worked. I tried for months until finally giving up.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The first Place was a lot of fun. I miss that kind of stuff. Or the “mad sketch appears” guy, or that guy who was a corvid specialist and popped up with bird facts every once in a while, until some drama happened and he left the site… It was an interesting site for a while there.
SilverShark@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oh yes, there were so many of these novelty accounts.
I remembered a user called Shitty Watercolor who would do very quick paintings of things user situations. There is still a subredit about it, and I’m shocked to noticed that the posts are from like 9 or 10 years ago. www.reddit.com/r/Shitty_Watercolour/
There was also the jumper cables guy. Like, a user who would reply to every askreddit threat, only that his story would at some point include a line in which his father would get mad and beat him with jumper cables. Very funny.
So many of these accounts. The site really used to have some community and lore to it, and I really don’t feel it anymore. Even things like the secret question: “What time does the narwhal bacon?”
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
I got sitebanned a couple weeks before RIF officially died so not quite the same anniversary, close enough though :)
Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Redreader, but thanks
tisktisk@piefed.social 10 months ago
when the memes start really only talking to you in particular..
+1Kaboom@reddthat.com 10 months ago
Time flies doesn’t it?
aceshigh@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Woop woop. I’m just happy this one worked out. Got tired of finding an actual reddit alternative.
Exusia@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I feel noticed and my personal need for validation has been abated, thank you JBalls
jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Glad to be of assistance, homie
Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Rif somehow shielded me from all the fuckery that was happening in Reddit, when I finally tried the mobile app and website from longer than 2 mins, I was like, oh yeah, ah, ok, bye
Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
RIF was so cleannnn. Sync for Lemmy has been just as good. Tried some of the early ones like Jerboa but none of them replicated the vibe
zatanas@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Currently using Thunder as a mobile lent client. Working out well so far.
Sabin10@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Old reddit does the same thing on desktop but if that goes away I’ll be fully done with it. As it is I am about an 80/20 split between lemmy and reddit now so it’s probably going to happen regardless but that would speed things up.
sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Ya, sadly there is still a lot of useful content in the technical subreddits. So I find myself ending up there via search engines on a fairly regular basis. But, I specifically use the Redirector plugin for Firefox to auto-magically force the use of old Reddit. If I hit the site on my work computer, I’m quickly reminded about why I quit the site.
FriskyDingo@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Oldlander on ff mobile. And same.
jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Lol same here. Jesus that whole site is atrocious now.
Speculater@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s so painful to look at anymore, lol.
Stovetop@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They’re thick in the “ads bring us more money than making improvements” phase of corporate bullshit now.
Reddit still can’t make a better app than the ones made by solo developers who just did it as a passion project, but they’ve got enough money to throw around for a Superbowl ad spot and an entire ad campaign on YouTube.
AHorseWithNoNeigh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Came when RIF went down for good. Never looked back.
Empricorn@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Personally, I did not come when RiF was dead. It was too sad…
riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Ahh, the old Lemmy switcheroo.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Apollo was the last straw for me.
Mvlad88@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Wait, it’s been two years already?
jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Ulrich@feddit.org 10 months ago
I replaced RIF with Stealth. It’s actually a really excellent read-only client that you can subscribe to subs and view content without contributing anything to Reddit.
dhork@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Reddit still publishes RSS feeds, so you can use an RSS reader to see the latest stuff. You can’t interact with it, but who wants to trade shit posts with bots anyway?
This is how I keep up with my Sportsball teams since that community hasn’t really taken off here yet.
jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Lack of sports content is a bit of a rough spot for Lemmy. This is one of the few places where Linux memes get substantially more engagement than a super bowl thread.
Side note, the superb owl community here is pretty great.
Ulrich@feddit.org 10 months ago
I’m not a big fan of most RSS readers. And def not for Reddit content.
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
This me. Do we get snacks?
TachyonTele@piefed.social 10 months ago
The office ordered everyone beans. You can have some during your break.
hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Two year anniversary just a few days ago. Also left when RiF stopped working. Really nice to see Lemmy activity continually going up with each passing day, but the quality hasn’t gone down. Very much enjoying it!
mintiefresh@piefed.ca 10 months ago
Cheers y'all.
Hopped over to Lemmy around that time and learned about the Fediverse. And now I'm checking out PieFed.
What a ride it's been.