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 usually like dogs more than cats, even though I don’t have a dog (Family doesn’t like pets). We had cats coming into our property who ask for food, and we would give them, but none of them stayed for more than a week. One cat who was injured in her leg asked for food, and she stayed until she felt better. She gave birth to 4 kittens, but she passed away after 2 months due to suspected poisoning. We had to protect the kittens, so we built a small shelter for them while giving milk. One day a stray dog intruded our premises and killed the 3 of 4 kittens. My dad fed & protected the surviving one until he was mature enough. He lives in a small shelter near our home, is friendly and asks for food most of the time. He eats a lot, though. We named him Kitu.