Thanks for the Fun. (And a large extended middle finger to spez.)

Just to let you know how ingrained RIF was in my routine…

I just woke up, grabbed my phone, unlocked it and tapped “RIF is Fun golden platinum”. Your app was the first thing I opened on my phone every morning.

Your app was the perfect way to digest Reddit without the noise. My experience of a neatly curated internet on mobile is gone.

Unlike a lot of people here, I admittedly will probably continue to use old.reddit on desktop (with certain browser extensions of course), to get me to the closest thing to what rif golden platinum was. But my Reddit usage will definitely plummet, as I refuse to use that disorganised, pro-advertiser-anti-user mess which is the official app/new Reddit.

Thank you TalkLittle for navigating us through the noise for all these years and getting us to the news and content that mattered to each one of us.

Reddit Is Fun was how I started using Reddit before there was an official Reddit app. For nearly a decade I have used RIF almost every day of my life, and I will miss it dearly. Thank you for all the good memories. This thank you message will be my first comment on lemmy, and I truly hope this community will thrive.

Thats really sad. I started using the app about 13 years ago, in a time where I had very little frends and thought a girlfriend was never an option. Now 13 years later im going to marry in july and have all my friends around me. So thanks Reddit is fun for filling a hole I had all these years ago.

I have really enjoyed your app, and am sad that era of my life is over. It is really what got me into Reddit so much. Sure I moved over from Digg, but was only a light user till RIF.

I know you will do a great job with the tildes app, and maybe someday I’ll get an invite over there.

It was the best of times. I remember downloading rif for the first time, so many years ago now. I never looked back. I really appreciated how simple and minimal it was. Well done, and keep us updated as to whatever you’re working on.

I’m convinced that there is more going on behind the scenes. Like Twitter was gutted recently, reddit follows. The ones with power don’t like the masses having as much access to information and the ability for like minded individuals to talk with each other. Elon Musk was a scapegoat as is Spez now in an effort to shape global access to information.

It seems weird to be sad about an app. My reddit account is 13 years old and I honestly couldn’t tell you when I started using RIF or how I even found out about it, but it was the one and only reddit app that I used and it followed me across 5 different Android phones over the years.

From deep down, I just want to say thank you talklittle. You could argue that I probably spent way too much time on reddit, but so much of that time was spent on the app that you created. I found endless things through RIF that I shared with friends over the years. It got me through airport layovers, ferry sailings, hospital waiting rooms, breakups, late nights, and so much more. All those little moments in life where you need a quick escape, a laugh, or just need to check in on the world. The app and all your efforts will be deeply missed.

RiF was BY FAR my most used app for 10+ years. RiF was Reddit for me… And now Reddit is dead.

Thanks for bringing me 10 good years. You changed my life in so many ways. I’m sad but hopefully after this turmoil we can find a bright future together.

Reddit was Fun. Such a smooth and well designed app. Godspeed!

App will be missed, starting to migrate to new lands. Reddit may be dead but hopefully we all find a new home. Thanks for the memories Reddit is Fun and all the support from the crew to make an awesome app.

Thanks for all the hard work mate.

I appreciated all the work you did, mate. RIF was fantastic, did the job, and now the only time I’ll see reddit is from random google results. Maybe I’ll suddenly become more productive now.