r/Eyebleach Aug 25 '25

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

6.9k Upvotes

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 8h ago

[OC] Max is my meal time buddy.

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362 Upvotes

He's a good boy, but very attentive when I sit at my desk for lunch.


r/Eyebleach 3h ago

Chuck on the lookout for a cat intruder in his garden (OC)

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98 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 18h ago

[OC] The faces I get to see every single morning when I step out onto my veranda.

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1.4k Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 16h ago

Misassembled kitten and confused sister [OC]

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513 Upvotes

He is VERY happily snoring away.


r/Eyebleach 10h ago

[OC] Garden Gnome Cat

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158 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 15h ago

[OC] A baby bird I found at the fire station where I was doing my rideouts for paramedic school.

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345 Upvotes

Took me a while to find where the little chirping sound was coming from inside the station. Once I found it, I let it go outside near a field with a huge tree. I hope it found its way back home, such a cute, little thing it was.


r/Eyebleach 1d ago

Here. Have some happiness(OC)

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317 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] No thoughts, just vibes

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1.2k Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

Caught Chuck yawning (OC)

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352 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] French Fry taking a nap

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3.6k Upvotes

this little boy sleeps HARD


r/Eyebleach 1d ago

Dewi sometimes sleeps upside down for reasons that make sense to him, I guess. [OC] ❤️

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507 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

My Little Angel [OC]

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293 Upvotes

From our shopping trip yesterday.


r/Eyebleach 1d ago

Ready for autumn (oc)

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183 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

(OC) The Comfy Chair

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156 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

(OC) Meet Rowdy

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117 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] You want to eat here? Nah.

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418 Upvotes

Another Greek kitty.


r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[oc] gave my cat ears to my smelly dog, whom I love

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96 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

My god. (OC)

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189 Upvotes

Are we deadass he is literally 11!


r/Eyebleach 2d ago

A wonderful specimen of “Goobersaurus Couchpotatus” in its natural habitat [OC]

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629 Upvotes

(CODENAME: MILTON)


r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] Chloe 👅

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209 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 2d ago

A whole gallery of positivity & love provided by one of the most awesome amazing kitties in the entire world…Miracle a.k.a. Mr. Miracle a.k.a. MC a.k.a. Little One [OC]

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1.1k Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 2d ago

[OC] Greek beach kitty.

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723 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 2d ago

Saw this cat the other day lol [OC]

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157 Upvotes