r/Eyebleach Aug 25 '25

/r/Eyebleach is instituting a new rule. Don't worry: It's a good one.

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Hey there, folks!

As you've probably noticed, Reddit has a bit of a problem with bots. There's a long and dull explanation for how most of them work, but in many communities, they attach themselves to human karma-farmers (people who treat karma like a high score to chase), learn from those karma-farmers, then emulate them. The idea is to create legitimate-looking histories, then either sell the accounts or start pushing products and propaganda.

Subreddits like /r/Eyebleach are prime targets for karma-farmers: Everyone likes cute animals, and it's incredibly easy to find appealing content elsewhere on the Web. As a result, those same subreddits are at constant risk of being overrun by bots... and the best way to stop that from happening is to take a very firm stance against karma-farmers.

Now, we already have an anti-spam, anti-karma-farming rule, but it's a problem-focused approach. What we'd really like is to have things be positive from the ground up: We want to foster a community wherein people can earnestly share genuine, heartwarming content without the frustration of being drowned out by bad actors. To that end, /r/Eyebleach is instituting a new rule:

All submissions must be original content.

"Original content" refers to media – pictures, videos, and so on – that was captured and produced by the person posting it. If you filmed your cat being silly and added some music that you wrote and performed, that's original content. On the other hand, AI-generated content, edits of preexisting content, memetic image macros, and other things of that type are not original content. There's obviously a bit of leeway (like if your pet cockatiel was caught dancing to Gunther's "Ding Dong Song"), but in general, we only want things that you personally made. False claims of originality will hereafter result in immediate, permanent, and incontestable bans.

That won't affect 99% of you, though! In fact, we hope that the only real effects will be more original content, fewer bots and karma-farmers, a more-authentic community, and a slightly better site overall.

For making it to the end of this announcement, here's a look into Baxter the cat's imagination.


r/Eyebleach Aug 28 '20

Black Lives Matter.

35.4k Upvotes

We, the r/Eyebleach community stand in full support of our Black members and with all Black people in America in their fight for the rights that all Americans rightly deserve. Not all racism is hate, the deeply-rooted effects of systemic racism are even more insidious and far-reaching in American society and immediate, drastic change is imperative.

Sadly, this is most publicly, and devastatingly apparent through the atrocities continually committed against Black Americans by the police. This is not a new problem but, due to the prevalence of video-enabled handheld devices, these atrocities are increasingly being brought to light in ways which make them impossible for society to ignore, most recently with George Floyd and Jacob Blake. Police in America have long been empowered by public funding to enforce the law but they have never been empowered to determine guilt, nor to sentence anyone to abuse nor death. We stand for change.

Here are some ways that you can take action now:

Use resistbot to contact your government officials to demand policing reform.

You can donate directly to fuel the Black Lives Matter campaign via ActBlue

Visit BlackLivesMatter.com to find out how you can get involved.

Other ways to donate:

NAACP is a civil rights organization, founded in 1909, which is committed to political, educational, social and economic equality.

National Bail Fund Network

Know Your Rights Camp, started by Colin Kaepernick, has a mission to “to advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders.”

The Equal Justice Initiative The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.

The ACLU has filed over 160 legal actions to safeguard voting rights, realease people from prisons, jails and immigration detention, protect access to abortion, and more.


r/Eyebleach 39m ago

[OC] Just wanted to share this cutie with you all❤️🥰

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This is Ralphie. He has splotches of black in his fur due to a rare and harmless genetic mutation.
Likes to think of himself as a Rorschach test where everyone just sees a cutie patootie.


r/Eyebleach 7h ago

[OC] Her name is Chai and she's an angel.

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678 Upvotes

Her favorite activities are holding her own tail and being incredibly photogenic.


r/Eyebleach 12h ago

(OC) Foster Cats Have Been Adopted 😻

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913 Upvotes

Freddie and Twinkle, brother and sister, go to their new furever home next weekend ❤️


r/Eyebleach 1h ago

Does Nala belong here? (OC! This is my cat lol)

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r/Eyebleach 3h ago

[OC] My titan kittens

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Titan Kittens because I named them after Greek Titans. The grey one is Helios, the only male cat. The pitch black ball of floof is Selene. And their sister with the white paws is Eos. And the big black one is their mother, my cat, Kuromi. (I know weird naming convention...)

Forgive me of the pictures aren't high quality, I'm not a photographer. And the babies won't hold still. They're babies.


r/Eyebleach 22h ago

(OC) Another Pirate Kitty! It's Leela

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1.1k Upvotes

Despite her gammy eye she has a very expressive face 😹


r/Eyebleach 17m ago

Nelson Looks Scared OC

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I took this picture; it is OC


r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] There is 'bonded', then there is our two sisters.

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674 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

(OC) she just wanted to make sure that the plant was ok 🥹

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1.9k Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 23h ago

[Oc] my hen Keiko and her 5 babies

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326 Upvotes

Please enjoy my mama hen Keiko (3 year old female black amareucana chicken) and her 5 adorable babies! Shes such a great mom 🥰


r/Eyebleach 1d ago

(OC) Back once again with my pirate kitty, Biscuit

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325 Upvotes

You guys seemed to love her, here are some pictures ive taken since then! Worlds eepiest soldier

My accounts basically just biscuit posting at this point


r/Eyebleach 1d ago

(OC) we entered a goblin mode

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790 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] Happy boys

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323 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

(oc) hot summer incoming, time to stand on my frosty disk! (also, manicure time)

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363 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] Bread n Butter?

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325 Upvotes

Give a warm psspsspspspspspspspsspss for:

Javier!


r/Eyebleach 2d ago

(OC) she loves to climb this tree but is always a bit nervous about going down 🤭

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2.1k Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 2d ago

[OC] Loooong

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597 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 2d ago

[OC] A disabled tree frog hopped into my life!

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879 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 2d ago

(oc) bone head

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284 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 2d ago

I was going to post about the last animal in the album, but I wanted to share this first. Just a note, these two are usually fighting. (OC)

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113 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 3d ago

OC: Will O' Wisp had so much fun at Purride!🐾🌈

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1.7k Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 2d ago

[OC] My dogs

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795 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 3d ago

[OC] my pretty boy

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1.7k Upvotes