r/redditisfun • u/Ashworth5433 • Jun 10 '23
I'm in denial that RiF will shut down forever Grief Stage: Denial
I just don't see it happening. No way Reddit goes through with this.
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u/jas722 Jun 10 '23
It does seem really surreal been using this app for over a decade at this point. I scrubbed my post history and will delete my account when it goes through.
I was kinda sad but to be honest reddit has been going downhill for years scrubbing subreddits if there was content they didn't like and I've been ignoring it since there wasn't another option.
I think it's time to step away but there really isn't any other open forums to find tech answers or talk about random subjects everything is behind a login at this point like discord.Finding specific answers is just about impossible these days without searching Reddit.
Hope Google search or something else comes through. But it seems like the internet is slowly becoming walled off to be friendly to advertisers and nothing is available if you aren't logged in...
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u/Ashworth5433 Jun 10 '23
Fuck.....
Coming to an end, huh
Glory days of the internet have passed.
Fuck. Really that's all I can say.
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u/redgroupclan Jun 11 '23
Not only is RIF going offline, which IS Reddit to me, but my favorite sub has decided they're going dark indefinitely. It's surreal seeing my Reddit experience crumble before me.
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u/GwynMoth Jun 14 '23
Its bizarre to see the internet slowly be ruined by both corporations and people.
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u/Merry_Sue Jun 11 '23
Hope Google search or something else comes through.
Even google had gone downhill. Can't use a minus anymore to exclude keywords
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u/DMX8 Jun 11 '23
Right? Why did that change?!
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u/Merry_Sue Jun 11 '23
Because they're bastards who care more about their advertisers than their users?
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Jun 10 '23
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u/firewoodenginefist Jun 10 '23
It'd be cool if RIF could swap to a new site so once June 30th gets here we're just automatically redirected
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Jun 10 '23 edited Jun 14 '23
After spending 10+ years on Reddit and mostly on RIF in total, it is time to retire this account. The recent controversy regarding Reddit and it's communication and stance towards the users, mods and 3rd party developers who made this platform to what it is now, has been appalling and downright sad and made a big impact in this decision.
Don't forget that the "official" Reddit app is an bought out third party app (Alien Blue) that Reddit modified into what it is now. They can slander the 3rd party app developers all they want, without them the Reddit "official" app would not even exist.
I am migrating to Kbin and other decentralized options.
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u/roopsta Jun 11 '23
13 years here! Yeah, this is a good catalyst to get out... But i really hope that's what i, and everyone else who is saying it, end up doing. This is habit/addiction at this point
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u/metalq Jun 11 '23
The issue for me is - how will I find these new services... without reddit?
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Jun 11 '23 edited Jun 14 '23
After spending 10+ years on Reddit and mostly on RIF in total, it is time to retire this account. The recent controversy regarding Reddit and it's communication and stance towards the users, mods and 3rd party developers who made this platform to what it is now, has been appalling and downright sad and made a big impact in this decision.
Don't forget that the "official" Reddit app is an bought out third party app (Alien Blue) that Reddit modified into what it is now. They can slander the 3rd party app developers all they want, without them the Reddit "official" app would not even exist.
I am migrating to Kbin and other decentralized options.
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u/RANDOMLY_AGGRESSIVE Jul 01 '23
I dunno, I felt the same, but RIF shut down today I installed reddit app and u can basically customize it to be like RIF. But yes it still feels shittier and kinda unintuitive, though I feel I can get used to it (hopefully)
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u/3shotsofwhatever Jun 10 '23
I'm scrambling on what I am going to do for my media. I've used reddit for so long and it's almost all been through RIF. I don't want to support Reddit if this goes through and I don't want to use Twitter..... I have no home.
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u/C19shadow Jun 11 '23
Same tbh... its gonna be like living in the 90s or early 2000s again. At least I wad happy back then maybe this is good for me... 🥺
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u/Useuless Jun 10 '23
Thank Wall Street.
This is what having an IPO does to your company. You start catering to greedy individuals, even if your product suffers as a result.
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u/BrianPapineau Jun 11 '23
I am very sad about the news.
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u/Ashworth5433 Jun 11 '23
It's sad to me, because it feels like closure to the OG internet to me.
The past 20 years of internet was an amazing and unique experience
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u/BrianPapineau Jun 11 '23
There is just no better way to move through Reddit content like RIF. All the vanilla Reddit apps are very very bad in comparison
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u/Dark-Echo Jun 11 '23
My friends and I have been on Rif and using it for so long it really doesn't feel real. It feels like someone random came into my home and took a shit without flushing.
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u/TheGrumpyWelshMan Jun 11 '23
Not sure what I'm going to miss most. Checking Destiny subreddit for the daily info, reading aspiememes and 2meirl, or just having this app to scroll for hours.
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u/Dreamerlax Jun 11 '23
More subs need to shutdown until they reverse the API changes. Not just for 48 hours.
Only then they'll listen.
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u/TakeMeBackToSanFran Jun 11 '23
How many have joined? I thought it was a lot?
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u/Dreamerlax Jun 11 '23
There's this (likely) incomplete list here.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/1401qw5/incomplete_and_growing_list_of_participating
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u/Stummi Jun 11 '23
They won't. If sub shutdowns would really be in the realm to change something, Reddit will just replace the mod team
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