I originally joined Reddit in 2011, and in the beginning it was dominated by cat content. It was rare to see a post about dogs. Sometime in the mid 20-teens this phenomenon reversed. It’s always been a “pet theory” of mine that this reversal was due to Reddit becoming mainstream, and that it’s initial nerdy/techie user base preferred cats to dogs.
I think my theory is further supported by Lemmy. It’s pretty clear that most of Lemmy’s user base are techies, and currently it’s dominated by cat content. Just a shower thought. May be wrong.
NOTE: I love dogs and cats. This post isn’t arguing favoritism.
Have you fed them, ever?
I have a jumping spider somewhere in the apartment. It is not my pet, for it has refused a meal I provided.
Like cats in the old days, my pet spiders all have to work as pest controllers, so they feed themselves.
I caught a little jumper the other day and tried to feed it an even smaller spider, but the smaller one actually scared it off. Turned out it was a spitting spider - didn’t even know the UK had them! Freed them both in the garden after that.