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.

  • Willer@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    Cats don’t listen (which tbh is part of the appeal).

    if you put it like that it is just a negative. The appeal comes from the fact that cats CAN do a lot more in your home than dogs. If a dog tried to do what a cat did they would hurt themselves and destroy a lot.

    This obviously not something that would put them in an objectively superior position to dogs but also thats not the goal here, at least not mine. I dont have either and i cant really decide yet lol.

    • glimse@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I said it was part of the appeal lol I loved my asshole cats but it requires more proofing

      I don’t think “cats are capable of pushing stuff off high shelves and dogs aren’t” is a point in the pro column, though