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.

  • Aux@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My last cat used to chase large dogs. I’m sorry, but your small dog is literally a cat food.

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      1 year ago

      Avoiding confrontation doesn’t mean you can’t win it. You’re being super weird dude.

      Those large dogs can literally rip your cat apart, happens all the time.