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.

  • Aceticon@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s only true for evil techies with lairs, who spend their time sitting on the command chair in the control room, overseeing their minions’ work on their masterplan, slowly stroking their cat and laughing with a maniacal laughter at seemingly random moments.