Reddit Was Fun @lemmy.world ieatmeat @lemmy.world 12 mo. ago

I miss rif

I used to browse reddit on rif for years before the official app even released. The official app is like "can I have a reddit, mom?" - "we have reddit at home" Reddit at home: takes an eternity to load even if it's a text post, keeps recommending me stuff I didn't sub to, full of ads, screen is filled with full sized images so it takes a lot longer to see posts that I'm willing to click on...

I miss rif. I used to lurk and look at memes on rif all the time, occasionally asking for advice on relationships or jobs or whatnot. I'm considering quitting reddit altogether, just found out about Lemmy. Is there a lotr memes or prequel memes community over here?

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I've been using an app called Connect for Lemmy. It's definitely better than the Reddit app, but I would like to find something more similar to RIF.

Giving myself some time to get comfortable with this, and probably start experimenting with other apps.
- I've been using Connect as well and love it. All the UI customization options allowed me to make it look and feel very much like RiF. Plus the developer is very active and updates it frequently.
  
  I'll have to dig deeper on the customization I guess. Thanks for mentioning that.
I downloaded "jerboa" which is modeled after RIF I think. Lemmy is pretty good so far but doesn't have as much content and the app is a bit slower than RIF.

I'm hopeful that it grows into a good replacement. It's certainly off to a good start. There's a starwars memes page though like I said it has a lot less content.
- thunder is a really good app imo as a rifeugee
I'll use my first Lemmy post to agree with you and say I also miss RIF :-(
Revanced has a patch for RIF. It works great.
The lotr memes community is pretty active, actually, it's one of my favorites here. Not sure about prequel memes.

If you haven't heard this already, check out the various apps that are available for Lemmy, they improve the experience greatly.
You can sign out and still use reddit on rif. I use it for a couple of niche subs that haven't and most likely won't migrate. 😬

Like others said I'm also using Liftoff and switch over to jerboa every now and then. Not exactly rif but they feel nice. I really wish rif was ported for lemmy.
Ugh yeah the official app for Reddit is so bad... I went from using RIF every time I had any time to spare to maybe opening Reddit once a day for a few minutes.
u/talklittle is supposedly porting rif for tildes. Stay tuned.
Liftoff for Lemmy has been a pretty substitute for rif. Though I do miss my doom scrolling and I feel listless in these times of loss
rif was one of the reasons I stuck with android lol.....It was probably my most used app. Probably borderline phone addiction due to it lmao.

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