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 100% believe cyber security industry is infiltrated by furrys. It was a funny joke I made once because I saw a few comment chains about some vulnerabilities where most of the accounts were furry accounts with real expert knowledge. But then it happened again. And again. And again. I now fully believe the industry is deeply connected to the furry community and I think that’s just pretty cool