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.
I’d guess it’s mostly cause you don’t have to leave the house as much tbh
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)
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.
I doubt most people here are salesmen