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I remember 2 years ago trying out Lemmy and getting a few laughs about beans and trying not to poop. I thought "this is ok, but I don't think this will ever replace Reddit in my day to day."

But I stuck with it and have come to love and appreciate Lemmy. The number of users has continued to grow and I feel like there's enough content here now that I never feel bored. Plus I feel like even small posts and comments get attention and we're not just screaming into the void.

So happy cake day to all who did the same thing!

Yep that's me. RIF was so good. Why would a website cannibalize itself like this?

Rif somehow shielded me from all the fuckery that was happening in Reddit, when I finally tried the mobile app and website from longer than 2 mins, I was like, oh yeah, ah, ok, bye

Boost was taken away for Reddit and swiftly given back to me for Lemmy. Bless the Boost devs and Lemmy hosts for saving me from the official Reddit experience 🤢

100% RIF was the best, when it went bye bye so did I

I joined when Apollo went silent. Coincidentally, I'm wearing my Clipollo t-shirt as I type this.

It's been 2 years already?!

I loved RIF and was addicted to Reddit. But they dumped me and I am scorned and will never forgive reddit! Fuck reddit and I hope it dies.

Man two years, feels so much shorter

When reddit announced that they were going public I knew the end was nigh. Money corrupts everything. What made reddit cool was the users and reddit just wanted to suck that dry. I was happy to leave but I pretty much just lurked on Reddit so it wasn't that hard.

Shit, it's been 2 years already? Damn. I still get bummed over RiF when I think about it.

I was sync for me, but hell yeah, it's been a good couple of years.

Hey, thats me! 2 years already?!?! Freakin crazy

I still miss rif 😭

Baconreader refugee here

Piling on another comment to say that lurking here feels much nicer than on reddit. The comments are actually worth reading a lot of the time. RiF going down was a dark day, but Jerboa and Lemmy make everything light.

That was me

And now my instance is shutting down 🤡

This is exactly when and why I stopped using Reddit permanently and switched to Lemmy. If you run out of "Active" content here, try switching to "Hot". And then "New"!

obligatory fuck spez and the corpos

For me it was Apollo

Hey that's me

I was one of those RIF users that left two years ago and now I have to start over since lemm.ee is shutting down. Can anyone recommend a good instance?

Wasn't RIF fir me, it was Apollo. But same general reason!

Some niche communities I miss (I know, I know. Make them! I'm a follower not a leader, and my schedule is bad enough already. I have substitutes). But overall Lemmy good.

I'm here for news and shitposts and random TILs.

Fuck Spez!

I feel noticed and my personal need for validation has been abated, thank you JBalls

Sync FTW

Oh man I'm still not over that. Such a stupid decision on Reddit's part.

Still miss RiF and what reddit used to be.

For much of reddit's best years, RiF was my top app.

WHERE THE FUCK IS LEMMY IS FUN

Came when RIF went down for good. Never looked back.

It's already been 2 years?? Damn

Congrats Lemmy. Way better than Reddit shit show.