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a megathread for developments on Reddit and with third-party Reddit apps (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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just so this doesn't overwhelm our front page too much, i think now's a good time to start consolidating discussions. existing threads will be kept up, but unless a big update comes let's try to keep what's happening in this thread instead of across 10.

developments to this point:

The Verge is on it as usual, also--here's their latest coverage (h/t @dirtmayor@beehaw.org):

other media coverage:

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[–] Parsnip8904@beehaw.org 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Something that seems to be missing: Someone is working on an API compatibility/translation layer to help in porting reddit apps to lemmy and have already got some basic features working in RedReader. The RedReader (opensource Android reddit client) dev has expressed some interest in this along with the user base.

https://v.redd.it/xzvh8kih8d4b1

https://github.com/derivator/tafkars

https://feddit.de/c/tafkars

[–] cafuneandchill@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been enjoying using RedReader so far, and I'd love to see it switch to Lemmy instances

[–] Parsnip8904@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me too. The app has a classic feel to it that isn't replicated by other apps.

[–] Lowbird@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot more customizable too. I love the ability to hide scores, upvote/downvote buttons, reply button, etc.

[–] Parsnip8904@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly! My favourite is swipe to vote up/down!

[–] veroxii@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been tangentially involved in this. I think if any of the bigger instance operators were to contact derivator to see what can be done to host a gateway, that would really help.

Since it's a proxy you'd want a reliable entity to host it, who you trust with your credentials. And the only entities who currently make sense would be the lemmy instance owners themselves. Eg. if I'm already connecting to beehaw.org or lemmy.world, I would be okay to point apollo or baconreader to redditapi.beehaw.org.

See here for a list of how people can help: https://github.com/derivator/tafkars/tree/main/tafkars-lemmy

[–] Parsnip8904@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

That is awesome :) Thank you for chipping in. I wasn't aware it was this far along already!