It’s a bit weird and it doesn’t have to do with other atrocious stuff on that website, but I noticed this a lot.
Cats are basically the official animals of reddit, even more so than the doggos, they are literally everywhere and it’s getting annoying, it’s not just reddit either, but most of the social media, cat literally does nothing, looks at camera and they post it. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have anything against cats, but why cats 24/7, why not some other animals like bears, monkes, crows, wolves, whales, dolphins, foxes, lizards etc? We have rodents here for example.
Idk what’s the reason for this but maybe I’m a bit biased because I like other animals more, but I’d like to know why is this, I’m interested.
Otters are arguably more adorable but they lack the other two most important criteria. We cannot own otters and they are not easy to care for. Thus pictures are significant less common.
Doggos?
Dog require more work and also loose some of their “cuteness factor” as the age. Cats are easier to care for and retain more of their “cuteness” factor later in life. I say this as someone who loves dogs, but I do not own one because I do not have the time to dedicate to them and that’s not fair to the dog. So instead I have 2 cats.