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.

  • iamhoneycomb@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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.