Error: Forbidden first appeared on August 2
RiF started working again a few hours later
Is now appearing again on August 3
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Damn, time to actually stop using reddit I guess. I wish I could say Lemmy scratches the itch, but there just aren’t any of the communities I care about here. Just seems like there are a bunch of awful memes and copies of my least favorite subreddits.
I had better luck after I started searching for specific communities no matter which instance they were on, and blocking communities and bots.
Also, change sorting options to Top Hour or Top 3 Hours. The sorting by Hot or Active just doesn’t work very well yet.
There’s definitely less content than on Reddit but I was able to find replacements for pretty much everything I was following, including niche stuff. And the less content is a plus too, gets me off my phone.
Be the change you want to see. Start a community!
This attitude on here is really annoying. Starting a community is a big time commitment if you want it to be moderated and run effectively. A lot of us don’t have the time to do that, no matter how much we want the platform to succeed.
Do whatever works for you, friend. If you don’t have the time or don’t want to start/run a community, then you don’t have to. Nobody is forcing anyone either way, but if someone wants something to change, then someone will have to do something about it for that to happen.
In this instance, we can engage with the platform through interacting, posting content, and creating and supporting communities. Setting up and running a community is another option that is available to the original commenter, and is one thing that they can do to fill an existing gap that they see. Whether or not they have the time or energy to do that is up to them.
Take care!
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Nice and easy - home page -> main menu bar -> create community!
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Some instances may restrict the creation of communities for various reasons. Looks like you’re coming in from sh.itjust.works which seems to have disabled community creation for the time being, but if you want to set one up there might be someone you can ping over there to get the ball rolling.
Be the change ypu want to be! Create those communities! Add content to those communities! In some time those communities will grow!
Try checking out some other instances. Sh.itjust.works has some good stuff on it. I searched for Lemmy alternatives for reddit and found a few different instances that mostly scratch my itch.
New platforms struggle with the influx of loser communities who’ve been banned elsewhere.
That’s what I’m seeing too. Mastadon is kind of cool, there are some cool things to see there but it’s in the world of Twitter, Instagram etc where it’s all about the self promoting, and not about building community really.
I just found out you can patch RIF using revanced manager so now I’m back haha. it feels like going back to an abusive ex but damn does it feel good
Reddit itself is also down right now. Are we sure that’s not the issue?
I was using RiF through Revanced and it logged me out and trying to log back in threw a User-Agent error. Reddit on web went down about 15 minutes later. It seems an unlikely error to be thrown because the site’s going down (and I’ve never seen it using RiF legitimately).
Nah, it’s back up, and RIF still doesn’t work now.
I was doing the same thing. I didn’t realize how crappy Reddit had become until I was forced to look at Popular instead of my custom subreddits. Oh well, I was still using RIF to keep up on a couple of subreddits, but honestly, I’ve been making a lot better use of my free time, so maybe it’s good for me for it to be gone for good
Popular is the future of Reddit.
They will put in effort to kill small communities.
Same. I guess it’s time to pretty much cut out Reddit during the day.
Edit: thinking about it, probably most of the night too since I’m not on the computer all that much once work is over and if I am it’s because I’m gaming or working on side projects.
Good night Reddit, it was good whole Huffman didn’t fuck it up.
I used RIF exclusively - just super simple. Any app out for Kbin/Lemmy that gives a similar experience?
Connect is pretty similar. Slightly different lay out but close enough to get the hang of in a couple of minutes
Former RiFfer here. Although I’m playing with Sync at the moment as I type this, I’ve gravitated toward Connect quite a lot. It’s not Rif but it feels familiar.
Yep, i started out on jerboa but it got too buggy for me. Stumbled upon connect and never looked back
Sync for lemmy just launched. It is the same as sync for Reddit which was my favorite. Awesome dev
Liftoff has been working pretty well for me.
IMO none of them are a great replacement. I’m trying Sync right now and am enjoying it. previously I used Voyager, which was really different but felt more polished than most other apps. I really hope we can get a Lemmy is fun someday.
Sync for lemmy is pretty close in my opinion. The layout isn’t exactly the same but the different modes (compact, list, tile, big tile) and font sizes/choices can make it nearly identical.
A few things like how up/down votes work is a bit different but not crazy and the interface is really smooth unlike jerboa.
For now it’s my go-to.
I am trying out Summit and after choosing similar layout options to RiF it’s identical. I’m pretty happy with it.
Hadn’t heard of this one before, but it looks good. Love that I can fit like 8 posts per page. I don’t see a way to jump to previous, next, or parent in the comments, but maybe that will be added.
Connect is reasonably close.
Am in the same boat and am giving Sync for Lemmy a try right now … with this reply.
Used Rif for years. Connect is the closest. I really hope they add tiles for tablets one day.
Voyager is scratching that itch for me. Its pretty apollo-like, which is close enough to RIF for me.
You’re going to get spammed with Sync responses, but to actually answer your question:
The closest I’ve found to an RIF like experience is Liftoff.
Same here. I was even using it with my actual account using Revanced. Ah well, good run while it lasted.
Pretty bummed about that, but at least Sync seems like a good app.
I’ve noticed reddit getting worse and worse content since the API changes. I’ve had to filter like 6 different “rate me” subs that kept appearing on my feed.
Was expecting this a month ago. Guess its finally time to say bye to reddit. RIF was the only app that made reddit worthwhile on mobile. Sad to see it go.
It’s back! Such a bitter sweet resolution
Reddit as a whole is down, so maybe small chance the forbidden thing was a result of that.
Maybe they DDOSed themselves again by banning all the apps.
The Reddit app itself is struggling for me
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I like the Sync UI for now, but we need a LIF.
Could rebrand as LiFT: Lemmy is Fun Too!
With its egalitarian nature, people could get a LiFE - because Lemmy is For Everyone.
You know what, I think I like yours better.
Liftoff is already an app. Really good too.
I still think they should just go full aggression and call it RwF, with a dog logo.
Infinity seems closer for me. Only been using it for a minute though.
Damn I secretly hoped it would just continue like that, I mean on the go I could have lived without being able to sign in, since I had most of my favourite subs bookmarked…
I guess it’s over.
Yep, the Revanced workaround just died for me. I wonder if making a new fake app to access the API with would work again? I’m sure deactivations would continue to happen periodically even then. Redreader is an accessibility app that still has permission and is of course better than the official app, so I’ll move to that if I want to use Reddit on mobile now.
I got an error message telling me that something was wrong with my user agent. Is that what you got, too?
Yeah that’s what I got
Full message: whoa there, pardner! reddit’s awesome and all, but you may have a bit of a problem.
Make sure your User-Agent is not empty, is something unique and descriptive and try again. if you’re supplying an alternate User-Agent string, try changing back to default as that can sometimes result in a block.
You can read Reddit’s Terms of Service here.
if you think that we’ve incorrectly blocked you or you would like to discuss easier ways to get the data you want, please contact us at this email address.
when contacting us, please include your ip address which is: and reddit account
Revanced released an update that fixes it. RiF is working for me again.
No, just said I’m logged out
So are you using a patched app and supply your own API key? Could it be that Reddit tries to get rid of that kind of use of their API?
Yes. It didn’t just start working again on its own for me, but I got it working again: I updated revanced, uninstalled rif, added a description and URL in the app in Reddit settings (see below some people with user agent issues indicating that blank fields are a problem), re-patched the APK, installed the newly patched rif and I seem to be back in business.
Edit: also yes, I think they’ll keep trying to break this kind of workaround, so I’m not thinking of this as a long term thing.
It’s working again.
And it’s gone again.
After using revanced to spoof the client and change the package name it’s working again.
I just need to visit a couple subreddits. Sadly, there’s no alternate communities outside of reddit.
This may sound like a cliche, but, time to create your own.
They are here but no sign of life.
Give it some time, mine been up for some weeks and still growing slowly.
I still use old.reddit on my computer for some niche subreddits. My phone, I’ve cut Reddit out. One day, I’m sure they’ll kill old.reddit
Im certain they will too. I exclusively used RiF and old.reddit for around 10 years (i guess before it was old reddit). I had no idea there were avatars for the longest time. All its gonna take is one or two more features before they say we “cant engage with the fun of reddit enough” and they drop old reddit.
