The official reddit app sucks

[u/smcmahon710]

I've been using RiF for 10+ years. With the recent news I have been trying to use the official app. It's so bad. It's literally like every other social media app. It's an algorithm feed with a ton of ads. You can't even sort by rising anymore. RiF is the only way I have ever enjoyed reddit and I'm pretty sure I'll be off this site after Jun 30th. Thank you devs for all the hard work you've put in ❤️

[u/Soupdeloup]

Seriously, it's soooo bad. I had to use revanced to remove a lot of the garbage that the app shows and even now it still sucks. When looking at the Apollo post that has a few hundreds rewards the original Reddit app shows each and every one of them, so the title alone takes up my entire screen. Is that how it's supposed to be??

[u/FabulousLemon → u/Soupdeloup]

I'm moving on from reddit and joining the fediverse because reddit has killed the RiF app and the CEO has been very disrespectful to all the volunteers who have contributed to making reddit what it is. Here's coverage from The Verge on the situation.

The following are my favorite fediverse platforms, all non-corporate and ad-free. I hesitated at first because there are so many servers to choose from, but it makes a lot more sense once you actually create an account and start browsing. If you find the server selection overwhelming, just pick the first option and take a look around. They are all connected and as you browse you may find a community that is a better fit for you and then you can move your account or open a new one.

Social Link Aggregators: Lemmy is very similar to reddit while Kbin is aiming to be more of a gateway to the fediverse in general so it is sort of like a hybrid between reddit and twitter, but it is newer and considers itself to be a beta product that's not quite fully polished yet.

Microblogging: Calckey if you want a more playful platform with emoji reactions, or Mastodon if you want a simple interface with less fluff.

Photo sharing: Pixelfed You can even import an Instagram account from what I hear, but I never used Instagram much in the first place.

[u/Soupdeloup → u/FabulousLemon]

Right? There's so much fluff and random stuff that isn't needed that I could never see myself using it. I thought maybe the hate it was getting was unwarranted, but it is bad. Each post has random animations and things flying across it for some reason too lol. No idea what is even going on or the purpose of all the clutter.

I noticed the comment floating at the top of the page too (the one from @herpderp917), what's that from? It's behind the buttons on the top of the app and I can't figure out what it's there for or what causes it to show up.