I need Lemmy is fun. Moving on from RIF is so weird, it's been a constant part of my life for years
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2023
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The dev is here on Lemmy but he said he's currently making an app for Tildes.
How is Tildes compared to Lemmy?
I've only lurked on it since it's invite only to set up an account. I would say it's okay but I like Lemmy a lot more. I would probably put Lemmy at the top, then Squabbles, then probably Tildes.
Ya I'm really liking Lemmy. Can't say I'm missing Reddit at all.
Rif just died for me, jumped over here to make an account. Welcome fellow refugee.
Yep, it's dead for me too.
RiF was reddit for me. And it pisses me off because if Spez had been reasonable, I would have happily signed up for Reddit Gold to have continued API access.
Other than occasionally checking in on the Ex-Mormon subreddit (to follow up on an institution I dislike even more), I am done with reddit forever.
same here. fuck spez
Guess it's RID now
It stopped loading for me but then I logged off and it would load up again. Logged back on and it worked still but kept giving me errors. Either way it's deleted and gone now.
Same here.
Fuck /u/spez.
Ok, now that's off my chest, let me see, how does this lemmy thing work?
Welcome to Lemmy!
Lemmy is pretty much Reddit, with one major difference—it has instances. Imagine you could take all of Reddit's backend server code, copy and paste it, and host your own version of Reddit. Cool! Now you're an admin of Reddit 2. If the CEO of Reddit 1 ever does something mind-numbingly stupid, you and your users will be unaffected*. Reddit 1 and Reddit 2 are akin to Lemmy instances. Each instance has their own users and communities (subreddits).
Lemmy instances all work with each other*. Think of it like email. If I'm a Gmail user, I can still email Yahoo addresses, because Gmail, Yahoo, and all other email providers use a shared set of rules. All Lemmy instances also follow a shared set of rules (called a protocol, not that you need to know that). That means you can post to other instances, subscribe to their communities, upvote, downvote, and do all the things you can do on your instance.
The Lemmy app you use has a lot of control over how this is all laid out, so if you're finding it confusing, try different apps. I personally like Liftoff, which you can get in the Play Store, but other popular options are Jerboa, Thunder, Connect for Lemmy, wefwef, and Summit.
*Oversimplification.
this could get you started.
It's the same as Reddit, except there's multiple websites instead of one, and they're all owned by different people with different rules— so if the admins are weird, you can just move to another one. The websites (mostly called "instances") are all able to talk to eachother, so you can interact with people on different instances without making an account on that one. It's pretty cool and designed so that a company can't buy it!
Lemmy is all open source.
Instances can each have their own communities. It's important to find out what instance you want to register with and associate with. Take into account reliability, politics, and legal concerns. Instances that don't hold a standard are at risk of being defederated.
Federation is how instances share posts. You can see and interact with posts and communities from other instances that are federated with your instance.
Federation can be a two-way or one-way street. If you belong to instance A and it is federated with instance B and vice versa, B to A, then all posts and comments are visible to each other and all other federated instances.
If instance A is federated to instance B but B is not federated with instance A, then A can see B but not vice versa. A can interact on B posts but they will not be saved on B's instance, only A's.
I hope I didn't get too complicated with the explanation. I just got familiarized a couple days ago myself.
As a user, does this federation actually make a difference or make things look different?
Each instance is actually an independent site running a copy of the same source code. What's different is that they are cross-linked, so if you are on one, you can interact with any others that are federated.
Note that federation isn't universal. Some instances choose not to connect to others (due to things like getting problematic users from ones with less strict review and such). I had to make a new account on here since I had been using one on Beehaw, which is a relatively stricter and more limited community, and they had unlinked lemmy.world.
So it's a bit more work to use, but you get the benefit that there is no single central authority who can dictate things. You can move to the same topic in another instance or start your own instance.
I see... So how can I tell which instance I am in, and whether or not I'd need to make a new account in other instances?
If RIF could just swap to Lemmy that would be great.
Connect for Lemmy is a nice app, as a RIF user I find it quite minimalistic and comparable. Oh, my first comment here. And I didn't even look at Reddit today. This may just work out fine!
+1 for Connect for Lemmy, it's as close to RIF as I can find right now.
Local transfer here as well. I am on Jerboa currently. I was on RIF. Is it worth me switching to connect?
Yeah I agree. I really wish it was that simple
:(
Been using RIF since way back when reddit didn't have an official app. Really sad day
That 429 hurts. Goodbye rif.
Uninstalled RIF and am now here. A sad day indeed. RIP RIF.
Don't have it in me to delete the app :(
I keep habitually opening it and seeing nothing :(
Same here, I've already clicked open the app at least 5 so far times today. My fingers do it automatically.
Don't have it in me to delete the app :(
Thanks for all the great memories and moments RIF. We will miss you!
Thanks RIF, you will be missed but never forgotten.
Hello fellow RiF users! Officially left Reddit after 10+ years and nearly 2 million karma. I need a stiff drink. Where's the bar here?
It was dark. I heard a drip in the distance. I tried to say my final good-bye. All I got in response is a cryptic number. I feel so lonely now.
RIP, but may you rise from the ashes as a new dawn approaches.
Over a decade with RIF as my most used app. Here's hoping for an LIF!