• loppwn@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Comet for Reddit worked for much longer than most others. Had it on my mothers ipad and browsed reddit when i visited her.

    • TFO Winder@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      RIF still works with some twaks, you need to patch it with an API key similar to youtube vanced and then it works. though some people report the method stopped working recently. Any way its a lost cause.

  • TomMasz@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I joined when Apollo went silent. Coincidentally, I’m wearing my Clipollo t-shirt as I type this.

    • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Didn’t we have like months of warning before the API shutdown? I recall I was already upset about a ton of other shit over there (had been for years) and as soon as I started hearing rumors or stories about the API fuckery, I headed to Lemmy way before the apps stopped working.

        • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          2 months ago

          I already wanted to do it anyway for a bunch of other reasons, so really they were doing me a favor by really providing additional motivation.

    • bran_buckler@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Me as well! Unfortunately, I joined an instance that went dark (kbin), so I’ve got 2 lemmy cake days, I guess.

      • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I went from Reddit to Kbin to StarTrek.Website and when every action was taking >1 minute and needing to be repeated, switched again to Discuss.Online, which I am very happy with and remain to this day.

        Except I also switched to PieFed.social and use that 95% of the time now.:-)

        It’s been a bit of a wild ride! 🤣💪😺

    • TheOgreChef@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Ditto. I was an Alien Blue fan that jumped to Apollo then to Voyager once the APIs went down. I apparently have a type when it comes to Reddit and Lemmy apps.

      • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Same here. I had Alien Blue gold for the longest time too. Then Apollo saved the day and got so good. Reddit without it was useless ad garbage with a heavy slow UI. The fact it was so enshitified was the final nail in the coffin for me.

  • jballs@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I remember 2 years ago trying out Lemmy and getting a few laughs about beans and trying not to poop. I thought “this is ok, but I don’t think this will ever replace Reddit in my day to day.”

    But I stuck with it and have come to love and appreciate Lemmy. The number of users has continued to grow and I feel like there’s enough content here now that I never feel bored. Plus I feel like even small posts and comments get attention and we’re not just screaming into the void.

    So happy cake day to all who did the same thing!

    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Same, cant believe it was 2 years ago. I was really bummed when it happened.i had been on reddit for almost 15 years at that point.

      • BluescreenOfDeath@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Fucking same.

        I deleted my main account once they first came out with the reddit recap, and deleted my replacement when they fucked RIF, never to return.

        I still lurk without an account sometimes, but that’s all they’ll ever get out of me.

      • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I deleted my account before RIF died, as the writing was on the wall. I check Reddit accountless if there is a big news story, but tend to avoid it otherwise.

        Honestly I miss (the old) reddit sometimes, but Lemmy has been really enjoyable. My reddit account was getting old anyways, I’d already seen all the content that was reposted every year or so and was just getting annoyed. I absolutely do not miss the aggression of every reddit thread, I feel like we are generally all on the same team here.

        I guess that is kind of the downside of Lemmy too - if you’re not a very specific type of person, it probably won’t appeal to you. And I guess that can sort of result in an echo chamber, although it seems instead of arguing about the left and the right, we argue about the far left and the farther left.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      trying not to poop

      Why…were you trying not to poop? Or was this a meme I missed? I remember the beans.

      Yeah, Lemmy had absolutely been great over the last year. 6-hour Top sorting is absolutely key here.

      Is it a one-for-one replacement? No. There are a lot of communities that haven’t been able to come over effectively. But the main core communities have and it’s been fantastic.

    • dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 month ago

      This is what early reddit was like honestly. I don’t think lemmy will hit reddit’s peak popularity but I don’t think anyone wants any lemmy instance near that popular

    • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Kind of same, I remember making a login like dropping my bags in an empty apartment like “well this is home now” and my neighbors are trekkies and Linux, as a fan of windows and star wars. Wondering if I could hack it here. Just said fuck it we ball and started posting to try and decorate the place, hoping to be part of the Lemmy that made a difference and gets us noticed among the turmoil.

      Seems like we didnt quite make it compared to BlueSky as a reddit/Twitter supplanted, but thats ok, I think in retrospect I’ve made a fair number of people happy to see my posts, and hope I have at least helped a couple of (mostly) meme communities get either noticed or traction. (Sorry jojokes, I just ran out guys, I didnt want to dig into low effort to keep posting, people deserve some standard of quality)

      RiF still lives on my phone, hoping one day I can use it again.

    • mad_lentil@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      You decided on a new home yet? What’s your selection criteria.

      I’d be tempted to make a single user instance, given how there’s an ansible playbook you can just run.

  • Krauerking@lemy.lolEnglish
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    2 months ago

    3 months short for me but that’s because it took me that long to figure out how Lemmy worked.

  • siipale@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I still have rif on my phone for it’s sentimental value. Two years ago it took a while to get used to opening Connect for Lemmy instead of rif.

  • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    10 years on reddit but when they fucked over the Apollo dev I had no problem giving him a couple bucks for the app and moving to Lemmy, haven’t looked back.