For those who lurk on Reddit - my read-only, ad-free, open source Reddit viewer RDX is better than ever now

Submitted ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨overdevs@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://rdx.overdevs.com/

I am posting the updates here because most of the users of RDX came from this community only.

Multiple updates have been made to https://rdx.overdevs.com since I last posted here including:

Importing subscriptions from Reddit
Saving posts for later
Share button
hls/dash videos
better search Previous posts:

[lemmy.world/post/4686363](My reddit web viewer still works! Story: When reddit killed 3rd party apps, I uploaded a web viewer I have been using for myself to Github pages for everyone to use…)

[lemmy.world/post/896361](If you want to lurk on Reddit, you can use this web reader I built for myself when I got inspired by the Apollo app years ago)

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NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
So, are spez and his goons gonna come after you now?

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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If it’s popular enough maybe. For now it’s averaging 17-18k visits monthly so not even a drop in the ocean. But yeah i can’t post the direct link to rdx on Reddit. I have to post Github link.
  
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- Pengilly@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  This is about the best thing I could have hoped for, so I really hope it doesn’t get taken down! (but then again, the for-profit Fandom wiki farm hasn’t taken down Breezewiki or other mirror sites yet, so maybe corporations figure this sort of thing isn’t worth the effort to take down.🤞
  
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  - overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Added themes to RDX so you can style it your way.
    
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dacookingsenpai@lemme.discus.sh ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I am getting a blank page.

In the console:

Access to XMLHttpRequest at ‘https://www.reddit.com/r/all/.json?limit=20’ from origin ‘https://rdx.overdevs.com’ has been blocked by CORS policy: No ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ header is present on the requested resource.

Tested with both ungoogled-chromium and firefox without cookies

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- Azzu@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  There’s an addon for Firefox to disable CORS for certain sites. Need to use that.
  
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  - Starmina@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Same issue in safari iOS. I don’t want to use an extension for that.
    
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  - dacookingsenpai@lemme.discus.sh ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    is ok to have workarounds, but i am pretty sure this can be implemented on the app side too. Thanks for the hint tho, at least if i need it i can use it
    
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- darkstar@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Same for me. Won’t use with a workaround, this should be fixed
  
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  - overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I would love to fix this, most people who have this issue are using enhanced privacy/tracking protection settings that block the reddit url or have VPN/proxies turned on. Unfortunately reddit blocks that traffic in the guise of preventing spam/scrapping.
    
    Now I can put up a server and bypass the traffic through my VPS and make the reddit content available to rdx(which libreddit used to do before reddit tightened their API). But soon enough they will ban my server, I will have to buy another and this keeps going on and on. That will be too much effort for too little gain.
    
    However if there are already some servers that make the reddit JSON available through some proxy, I am all for adding it to the app. However I couldn’t find anything that will even last a week.
    
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if_only@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It doesn’t seem to work for me. When I put a sub in there I get a blank page.

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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Check the console of your browser. Browser’s aggressive privacy controls may be automatically blocking the json call to reddit’s api. (right click, inspect element)
  
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  - Alborlin@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Does not work on android with Firefox at all
    
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  - scytale@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Doesn’t work for me on mobile (IOS) too, unfortunately. I have adguard, firefox focus extensions on safari, and use Mullvad’s DNS blocking. I’ll have to go check which of them is breaking it, but I hope I won’t need to turn off anything huge for it to work. Either way, thanks for this, I’ve been using SinkIT for reddit to get a better mobile viewing experience, and this may be a better alternative.
    
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  - Radium@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It isn’t the browser being aggressive. It’s a protection called CORS (Cross Origin Resource Sharing) and you should configure your API to allow it.
    
    There are likely loads of guides whatever language / framework you are using. Users shouldn’t need to disable CORS protections to use your site
    
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- Retiring@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The „buy me a coffee“ link seems to work, though…
  
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  - overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The link appears below all the content that is loaded. Since there is some setting in your browser blocking the loading of one XHR request to Reddit the content doesn’t load at all and the BMAC links appears at top. Donating is completely optional and I don’t expect people who can’t see the content will donate anyway. However once in a while when someone donates I get some satisfaction that people are using what I built and are happy with it.
    
    Though I agree the link is too big and feels like an AD I will make it smaller, or you can just fork the repo and remove the link entirely.
    
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- ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Same.
  
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- deleted@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Works for me.
  
  Iphone 13 - Safari
  
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Mac@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is really cool but i’m not going back.

The only time I’ll accept going to Reddit is when the information I’m searching for links there.

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orangeNgreen@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is perfect! I lurk on mobile, and their mobile site is horrendous. I’ll be using this from now on!

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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You can add it to your homescreen and then the navigation bar stays fixed so it’s easier to navigate that way. Also it uses localstorage to save your settings/subs etc and ios clears the localstorage after 7 days of the last visit to any website. Adding to homescreen prevents that too, on Android localstorage is saved permanently.
  
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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Added themes to RDX so you can style it your way.
  
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JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
What is a reddit?

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- Rolando@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  An old social network, kind of like livejournal or digg.
  
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- ediculous@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  What’s a computer?
  
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solidsnake2085@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
People are still interested in Reddit here?

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- stockRot@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If Reddit had a good UI I would return in a heartbeat. I’m sick of small, practically inactive communities for hobbies and these shallow, poorly developed calls for the end of capitalism being shoved down my throat.
  
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  - laverabe@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Well it’s a choice between freedom or corporate control. Freedom is never flashy at first, it only thrives when people embrace it.
    
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  - Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Well cheers to reddit for having a bad UI then, we love having you here.
    
    I really hope Lemmy grows out to also fill in the small inactive communities, a social media without corporate incentives to milk out the users has so much potential.
    
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  - OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Reddit has way more shallow poorly developed calls for the end of Capitalism.
    
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  - nullpotential@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    So you’re the worst. Got it.
    
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- InterSynth@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Unfortunately some studios, companies, etc. use it as an official or semi-official forum. I still lurk on AMD’s subreddit, for example.
  
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  - PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Which is funny when you compare it to the early days of Reddit, where people associated with a product were specifically prohibited from being in charge of their subreddit. It was to prevent the people who make a product from silencing criticism. Like if there’s a TV show, the show runners and studio weren’t allowed to moderate the community. If the show is hot garbage, the studio couldn’t use mods to silence the criticism via post/comment deletion, bans, etc… The entire point was for the subs to be run by the people who consume said product.
    
    But that has been entirely flipped, where there are official subs run by corporate PR firms.
    
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helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Any reason I should use this over something like Stealth? Have to be honest with you, I’ve been using it for a good while and I can tell right away that it appears a better experience than this.

Also sorry if that is offensive, it’s not my intention, I’m just sometimes bad at being polite sometimes…

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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  Any reason I should use this over something like Stealth? From my quick google search I can see that Stealth is an Android App ( i can’t seem to find an iOS version) while rdx is a website you can fire up in any browser. if apps are your thing Stealth is certainly better. Anyway, Stealth and RDX both are open source and free. You can use whatever you like.
  
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- mechoman444@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Alright Sheldon. Cool your heels!
  
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TheLongestHorse@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Very nice! Thanks for creating this. I miss some of the subreddits I used to subscribe to.

How do I import subscriptions from Reddit on RDX?

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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  All is explained here - rdx.overdevs.com/settings.html if you need any help even then you can reply to this comment.
  
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  - TheLongestHorse@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Thanks for the reply :) Do you know if it is possible to access the settings page after adding the site to the home screen on iOS? Importing the subscriptions in the browser and then adding the page to the home screen does not seem to transfer the subscriptions unfortunately.
    
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  - dpendolino@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’m having trouble with the bookmarklet. Is there any other way to get an export of my subs or get the expected format for ingestion?
    
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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Added themes to RDX so you can style it your way (colors and fonts).
  
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electro1@infosec.pub ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I would love to fix this, most people who have this issue are using enhanced privacy/tracking protection settings that block the reddit url or have VPN/proxies turned on. Unfortunately reddit blocks that traffic in the guise of preventing spam/scrapping.
  
  Now I can put up a server and bypass the traffic through my VPS and make the reddit content available to rdx(which libreddit used to do before reddit tightened their API). But soon enough they will ban my server, I will have to buy another and this keeps going on and on. That will be too much effort for too little gain.
  
  However if there are already some servers that make the reddit JSON available through some proxy, I am all for adding it to the app. However I couldn’t find anything that will even last a week.
  
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noorbeast@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Awesome.

Works on Brave but not LibreWolf for me, and does not work on either when using a VPN.

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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It literally just makes one API call to fetch the data from reddit, that could have been blocked by privacy settings of your browser. You can look at the browser console for more information.
  
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  - solrize@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Reddit these days tries to detect hosting services and VPNs and blocks certain API calls from them.
    
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macaroni1556@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Curious, why the cloudflare analytics?

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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I wanted to see how many people are using this, the analytics are anonymous. I will switch it to a better privacy friendly analytics service soon.
  
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  - SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    This brings me to a conversation that I wish more people talked about: I’m totally fine with (and even like the concept of) anonymous analytics. It gives the website owner insight onto what the aggregate is doing, helping the website respond to demands.
    
    But the problem is when the analytics providers themselves abuse that data and sell it in some way.
    
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FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is absolutely amazing, the actual Reddit site is so buggy on mobile. half the time can’t even get it to scroll or show more comments. this will circumvent the need for Reddit entirely when looking for specific or niche info. thanks for sharing!

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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Thank you!
  
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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Update: Added themes to RDX so you can style it your way (colors and fonts).
  
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Feliberto@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ve been selfhosting this for months, it works great. Only thing is that most of the time I scroll through the same post like 20 times a day, i don’t know why.

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- Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I don’t think that’s not the app, that’s reddit normally.
  
  Even on a browser, I see multiple instances of the same post.
  
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  - Feliberto@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Thanks for the info, glad to know it’s not just me.
    
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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  One reason could be you being subscribed to a dead subreddit. See what it does when you subscribe to subreddits is create a Multireddit of all the subs. Now if a dead sub’s last post was some months ago t will keep showing in the feed until you unsubscribe.
  
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  - Feliberto@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I isually browse Popular or All, and it mostly happen when I click on Next Page. I’ll try unsuscribing from all the subs.
    
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clearedtoland@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is wonderful! I occasionally go back out of curiosity (aka to confirm it’s still trash) but refuse to engage. I’d hoped I could find an extension that would prevent accidentally upvoting or commenting. This is much better. I’d give you gold but “we don’t do that here.”

Kudos, Dev!

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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You can use a browser extension to redirect reddit links to rdx.
  
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  - towerful@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    match
    
    https://www.reddit.com/r/(.*)/comments/(.*)
    
    redirect to -
    
    https://rdx.overdevs.com/comments.html?url=$0
    
    Added code blocks for ya
    
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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Added themes to RDX so you can style it your way (colours and fonts).
  
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  - clearedtoland@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Dude, get out of my head. I’d just been on and stumbled onto themes while looking for a way to better format for desktop. Love the addition.
    
    Was just on my way here to pull you leg and say you’re single-handedly responsible for my consuming large amounts of Reddit content again.
    
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db2@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Does it require an account on reddit

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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Nope. It doesn’t require an account anywhere.
  
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  - lars@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    doesn’t require an account
    
    It also doesn’t allow using an account, right?
    
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cheeseburger@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is really cool, thank you for making it. I opened in Firefox on my Android and used the Install feature FF has, and it’s really slick.

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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Thank you for your kind words!
  
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everyone_said@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Does rdx only support card style view or is there a way to toggle it to classic?

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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  For now yeah. I will add a compact/classic view toggle in the next update.
  
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waratchess@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Awesome!

Is it possible to collapse comments?

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- overdevs@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Just a double tap(mobile) or double click(pc) would do that. I know it’s annoying when copying text on desktop, I will add a fix for that.
  
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Sabakodgo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Nice! I still lurk on some communities which are only on reddit, thanks!

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Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Hey - thanks for doing this. There’s one sub for a specialty 3d printer I want to keep tabs on but the sub is “unreviewed“ and unavailable on the web as it may contain inappropriate content (it doesn’t, unless you count people bitching about component troubleshooting). It’s available on your gateway. It seems to bypass all content restrictions, convenient for mobile browsing.

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MHLoppy@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
P.s. your have their markdown reversed - the text needs to be in the square brackets with the link in the parentheses. [text](https://example.com)

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Dieinahole@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is pretty rad, thank you!

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Coasting0942@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Will there be a .onion version?

The biggest feature I missed when they killed libreddit

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Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I have geddit and my issue is it loads r/popular and can’t show r/all.

If yours shows all I’m in.

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infamousta@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
How do you go back to the feed after clicking into a post? I don’t see any kind of back button in the interface. (Trying it as a PWA on iOS.)

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