The main features of the reddit app I used (joey) that I enjoyed:
More condensed/streamlined interface with less wasted space compared to the official app. Also much faster and more resource efficient with imperceptibly short loading times for text posts.
Ability to set custom filters to automatically hide posts with a given keyword in the title or subreddit name from my feeds.
Way better built in image/video viewer compared to the official app.
Option to move the title bar to the bottom
Subscribed subreddits shown as tabs in the title bar with the ability to swipe left and right to switch between them.
The feature I miss the most: anytime you opened a post or followed a subreddit link, you could swipe right to instantly go back to where you were like the back button in a browser. So if I clicked on the subreddit name from a post on the frontpage to open r/aww, opened a post in r/aww, and clicked on a link in the comments to open r/illegallysmolcats, I could then swipe right and be back where I was in the comments, swipe right again and be back where I was in r/aww, then swipe right again and be back where I was in the frontpage. And this stacked indefinitely so you could be 15+ subreddit links deep and still go back to where you started in a few swipes.
It really surprised me how its user base was so small. Highly customizable and really good overall. I used RIF for years, but something was lacking and I kept searching for alternatives. When I tried Joey, I never looked back.
What is interesting, tho, is that it is somehow still working. The dev is inactive on Reddit for weeks, but made a couple “bug fixes” on GitHub the last few weeks.
I wouldn’t want to identify with something I use in my spare time. I like videogames I’m not a gamer. It is not my job lol. But do whatever you want. I just think it’s unnecessary.
My neighbour had Sega Channel when I was a kid. So ahead of its time. I know it’s not a system, but it was certainly obscure. I’ve never talked to anyone who knew what it was.
We’ve had quite a few busy weekends recently which I felt bad about so yesterday I done a day of things the kids wanted to do, then swimming with them later this morning. They’re having a great time, while I’m completely shattered!
Actually they're still active - if you view from lemmy.world they last posted 3 hours ago, but if you view from your instance their last post was 9 days ago
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