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.

      • Rev. Layle@lemm.ee
        6·
        1 year ago

        It’s also easier for other people to look after when going out of town a couple of days. Just feed and give them pets. Maybe the littler box if more than a 2 to 3 days. Dogs you have to be able to let out and such 2 to 3 times a day at least (or just send them to a kennel, i.e. money)

      • Willer@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        1 year ago

        I mean its not like salesmen can take the dog with them to work. I think not beeing workplace bound just opens a lot of opportunities regarding both dogs and cats.