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.
Some people like cats more, because they leave you alone for most of the time and aren’t smothering you with love. Others prefer dogs, because they want to be smothered. If you go with your stereotypical tech person, they would be introverted, so more likely to be a cat person. That’s just my theory 🔬
Me reading this comment with my cat smushed against my head
But my cats have all always smothered me with love, and that’s something I’ve always loved about them! Maybe because I find cats very easy to communicate with, whereas with dogs I always feel kinda ackward.
If you think dogs smother you with love, just wait until you meet a particularly needy cat. Mine can’t stand being away from me for more than 5 minutes, and will legitimately freak out and start throwing things around until I come back.