Why of all the alternatives to reddit did the rif dev had to go with the shittyest one, i heard that the admins over there are even worse than they where back at reddit. I used riff almost since i started to interact with reddit and it was a beautifull app. Why didnt they go for a lemmy app? Why that horrible place of tildes…? I dont know but its probably safe to blame the beans.
Edit: Lots of Tildes lovers over here, arent yah?
Look if you like the platform then more power to yah but my criticisms come from the moderation of that platform, its very sketchy and ban happy from what i heard, and imho a platform is limited by their moderators, and the jannies in tildes are the type that make you go “reddit moment” .
Tildes is not a Reddit alternative, it’s got its own thing going. talklittle has been a member there for quite some time and so it makes sense. It’s not for everyone, but I appreciate it.
I’m curious, how would you characterize it’s “thing”? I poked around a little and read a few comment threads. It looks like the social media version of npr lol. Very dry, matter of fact sorta vibe. I may have just picked some bad threads too
The market is about to be flooded with Lemmy apps, many of which will be based on former reddit apps. And like it or not, most of these apps do ultimately exist to make money.
What’s wrong with Squabbles? The UI looks neat and that’s about all I know
Around the beginning of July (and again in the middle of July), there were a lot of posts on r/redditalternatives promoting Squabbles. I’m not saying it was bots, but they had the odor—all newish users with the same name pattern, something like two diceware words and a four-digit number. E.g., Intrepid-Pangolin-4842.
And the posts had this exaggerated positivity, kind of like that terminal handing out affirmations in Demolition Man.
Then when I tried to use the site and give it a fair shake, I found that it felt like maybe a dozen real people and the rest were … I dunno, bots again? Lots of one-word or one-sentence replies that didn’t seem on topic at all? Very “Markovian Parallax.”
The site purports to be influenced by Twitter and Reddit, so maybe that’s part of the Twitter influence coming through (re: the shorter replies). I never really used Twitter/X, so I’m not sure.
Also I think there’s no NSFW, which seems to be a deal breaker for some.
You hear? I’ve popped in and out from time to time and haven’t noticed such. As it’s text and discussion first, it’s definitely different vibe though and probably is moderated in that direction too.
I was looking for a story of someone that sayed they got banned by some developer of that platform just because they (the banned person) provided a dumb response, litterally “Adios”, to the dev on some meaningless argument that the dev wasnt even involved in in the beggining but involved midly critisicicing the platform or something like that. And whent they posted the story on reddit, the dev (aledgedly but more likelly than not) started using varius accounts calling them a liar and spamming in that particular post, and in the devs main reddit or tildes account they provided evidence that the banned individual was saying racial slurs and things like that, but the banned proved that that wasnt its account, it was someomelses username, and also the fact that that particular dev whent as far as to throw such a fit going as far as to try to disprove the claims of the banned person over such a small and obscure post that i cant even find anymore definetly raises some red flags to me at least. Like i said i cant find it anymore, it was posted on r/save3rdpartyapps and reposted on several subs. And recently i heard that the main dev calls themselves " The god of tildes" so thats another red flag that puts me of that place besides the invite only bs.
I feel like TalkLittle had already committed himself to making a Tildes app before it became apparent that the Tildes admins were a bit heavy-handed. I’d have to imagine that if that was known about earlier on, he may have gone with another platform.
I seem to recall him mentioning considering developing a Squabbles app, but I don’t remember if I’m confusing TalkLittle with another dev on that one.
Now that you said so talklittle said in the goodbye post of rif that maybe work on a similar platform would beggin. I dont think its happening since nobody can just churn out apps left and right, but it shouldnt be super hard to mod rif into a fediverse app but i dont know since im more of a begginer in app design.
Yeah, I doubt we’ll see it happen. Which is a shame, because I would love a fully RIF-cloned Lemmy app. I’d gladly pay for Lemmy Is Fun Golden Platinum all over again if he’d make it lol
Why of all the alternatives to reddit did the rif dev had to go with the shittyest one, i heard that the admins over there are even worse than they where back at reddit. I used riff almost since i started to interact with reddit and it was a beautifull app. Why didnt they go for a lemmy app? Why that horrible place of tildes…? I dont know but its probably safe to blame the beans.
Edit: Lots of Tildes lovers over here, arent yah? Look if you like the platform then more power to yah but my criticisms come from the moderation of that platform, its very sketchy and ban happy from what i heard, and imho a platform is limited by their moderators, and the jannies in tildes are the type that make you go “reddit moment” .
He was already working on a Tildes app before Reddit banned 3rd party apps. I expect a Lemmy one will eventually be in the works as well
Heres hopeing
Tildes is not a Reddit alternative, it’s got its own thing going. talklittle has been a member there for quite some time and so it makes sense. It’s not for everyone, but I appreciate it.
I’m curious, how would you characterize it’s “thing”? I poked around a little and read a few comment threads. It looks like the social media version of npr lol. Very dry, matter of fact sorta vibe. I may have just picked some bad threads too
That is a spot on description
First-mover advantage.
The market is about to be flooded with Lemmy apps, many of which will be based on former reddit apps. And like it or not, most of these apps do ultimately exist to make money.
Eh, that crown is probably better worn by Squabbles.
What’s wrong with Squabbles? The UI looks neat and that’s about all I know
Around the beginning of July (and again in the middle of July), there were a lot of posts on r/redditalternatives promoting Squabbles. I’m not saying it was bots, but they had the odor—all newish users with the same name pattern, something like two diceware words and a four-digit number. E.g., Intrepid-Pangolin-4842.
And the posts had this exaggerated positivity, kind of like that terminal handing out affirmations in Demolition Man.
Then when I tried to use the site and give it a fair shake, I found that it felt like maybe a dozen real people and the rest were … I dunno, bots again? Lots of one-word or one-sentence replies that didn’t seem on topic at all? Very “Markovian Parallax.”
The site purports to be influenced by Twitter and Reddit, so maybe that’s part of the Twitter influence coming through (re: the shorter replies). I never really used Twitter/X, so I’m not sure.
Also I think there’s no NSFW, which seems to be a deal breaker for some.
I haven’t been to squabble since about a week after it opened. What happened to it?
Nah, Raddle deserves it for the blatant transphobia
You hear? I’ve popped in and out from time to time and haven’t noticed such. As it’s text and discussion first, it’s definitely different vibe though and probably is moderated in that direction too.
I was looking for a story of someone that sayed they got banned by some developer of that platform just because they (the banned person) provided a dumb response, litterally “Adios”, to the dev on some meaningless argument that the dev wasnt even involved in in the beggining but involved midly critisicicing the platform or something like that. And whent they posted the story on reddit, the dev (aledgedly but more likelly than not) started using varius accounts calling them a liar and spamming in that particular post, and in the devs main reddit or tildes account they provided evidence that the banned individual was saying racial slurs and things like that, but the banned proved that that wasnt its account, it was someomelses username, and also the fact that that particular dev whent as far as to throw such a fit going as far as to try to disprove the claims of the banned person over such a small and obscure post that i cant even find anymore definetly raises some red flags to me at least. Like i said i cant find it anymore, it was posted on r/save3rdpartyapps and reposted on several subs. And recently i heard that the main dev calls themselves " The god of tildes" so thats another red flag that puts me of that place besides the invite only bs.
Wow. That was a lot of hearsay without any sources.
Ive told you i cant find it anymore. Dont believe if you dont whant to.
I feel like TalkLittle had already committed himself to making a Tildes app before it became apparent that the Tildes admins were a bit heavy-handed. I’d have to imagine that if that was known about earlier on, he may have gone with another platform.
I seem to recall him mentioning considering developing a Squabbles app, but I don’t remember if I’m confusing TalkLittle with another dev on that one.
Now that you said so talklittle said in the goodbye post of rif that maybe work on a similar platform would beggin. I dont think its happening since nobody can just churn out apps left and right, but it shouldnt be super hard to mod rif into a fediverse app but i dont know since im more of a begginer in app design.
Yeah, I doubt we’ll see it happen. Which is a shame, because I would love a fully RIF-cloned Lemmy app. I’d gladly pay for Lemmy Is Fun Golden Platinum all over again if he’d make it lol