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.

  • Wrench Wizard@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve got a video of a turtle fucking another turtle…

    Jk they aren’t actually fucking but think they were just before I found them. The turtle was my old friend and I’d been looking for him for years so when I saw him I immediately hit record and realized what he was doing later…