Geddit is the shit for lurkers (reddthat.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As a 12 yr Reddit lurker, Geddit fits all my needs. It sidesteps the api using rss feeds and other technical stuff I don't know about. You can view posts and comments. Favorite subreddits. But can't post/comment/vote. I'm trying my hand at engaging more on lemmy, but for more content, Geddit is perfect for me.

https://github.com/kaangiray26/geddit-app

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[-] rarely 17 points 11 months ago

(You're still giving traffic to reddit btw)

[-] bornagainpenguin 3 points 11 months ago

You mean costing reddit bandwidth while avoiding ads. Unless your argument is that reddit itself is the ad?

[-] rarely 6 points 11 months ago

I said traffic. You said ads.

Keep in mind companies make money in more ways than ads.

A companies valuation includes an estimate for the worth of each active user..about $1 or more per registered email.

Site traffic is also counted, because although those users are anonymous they are still eyeballs.

Also, it is trivially easy to include ads over RSS. This may happen at some point.

Until then, you are giving your traffic to reddit, helping boost their value before IPO.

As for costing reddit traffic, my sweet summer child.. RSS is 1000% more efficient than reddit's app or web ui.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

I'm using lemmy to get the "infinite expanse" of human memes out of my mind..

It's a shadow of Reddit, but to use that time to (say) read http://arstechnica.com instead of mindless doomscrolling..

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

And here you are posting... I'm not sure I can handle the irony! 😁

[-] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've found that Geddit only shows a selection of comments, instead of all of them. (Top comments, maybe?) Is there a setting for that or is that a limitation of the RSS?

Edit: The latest update dropped and gives us threaded comments. They aren't great.. but there's potential. Still only a selection of comments.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

This looks great! Now do iOS pls

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I made a webapp that sort of works on ios if you install the page on your homescreen. Similar principle as geddit at https://lurkit.vercel.app/

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Nice! I’ll try it out

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Doesn't the newest version of RiF also do the same thing? It still works on my end but I'm logged out.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Rip

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