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[–] dingus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My favorite Reddit app was killed (RIF), but I stumbled into Red Reader. For some reason Reddit still allowed it to continue. It's not bad.

[–] kill_dash_nine@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I felt like I wanted to be part of the solution by stopping my usage of reddit. I didn’t want to continue to support a site I fundamentally disagree with on how they handled their monetization strategy by screwing over so many people.

At this point, I no longer doom scroll reddit or even lemmy and it feels good to not waste my time doing so.

[–] dingus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel you. The problem I have is that I mostly used Reddit for niche communities. Those niche communities don't really exist here. I tried to do without, but it doesn't scratch the itch. I've even tried making a couple. But when you're mostly just talking to yourself in a void it's not really the same. So unfortunately I have had to go to back to Reddit for those niche communities.

[–] kill_dash_nine@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that’s rough. Luckily I mostly just used those types of communities as interesting reads more than actively participating outside of searching for content from them.

[–] orizuru@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same.

I actually feel that my stubbornness has made my life better in this case.

I've been to Reddit since, but I no longer feel the need to scroll it. I just use it when I went to find a genuine human recommendation on a topic.

[–] kill_dash_nine@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

There is still a certain excellence to the model of how interaction works for how I enjoy consuming online conversations. It reminds me of a better old school forum experience.

I do still use reddit when I find search results for things I want to know, especially where reddit was the biggest community for some topics but I usually end up there from search engines.

[–] Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Hmm, I was curious about this so I looked:

It has been agreed that RedReader falls under the exemption for non-commercial accessibility-focused apps, due to the work that has been done to optimize the app for screen readers, and the app's high level of usage within the blind community.

[–] mctit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Revanced baby. If you get the urge to use rif again.