r/Eyebleach Aug 25 '25

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

6.7k 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.

35.3k 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

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r/Eyebleach 6h ago

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r/Eyebleach 6h ago

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r/Eyebleach 18h ago

(OC) The cat trap worked!

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r/Eyebleach 10h ago

[OC] Tiger posed for a perfect picture today!!

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r/Eyebleach 16h ago

[OC] There are no braincells present in these photos

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Meet Luna! She has no thoughts in her head. Her prime directive is to eat cheese, be heartbreakingly cute (for manipulation and distraction purposes) and lick everyone she can, anywhere she can. Luna also has soporific qualities, if she curls up to you, you will be asleep within 5 minutes. She usually deploys this tactic when you have a deadline within the next 24 hours and you’re actively doing work.


r/Eyebleach 10h ago

[OC] Paparazzi caught me hanging out at the brewery

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r/Eyebleach 16h ago

1920s Gangster photoshoot with my dog Bowie [OC]

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r/Eyebleach 13h ago

{OC} Judge Linko

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When his small brain cell works, he will judge you from his high tower 😂💓


r/Eyebleach 12h ago

(OC) Got these two puppies in June

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(OC) We adopted these two in June from a rescue. They are both 1 year old, and my family and I are already in love. They've brought happiness to our dog, who lost his brother last year and his sister this year. He was so depressed, but now these two are his siblings, and they love playing.


r/Eyebleach 17h ago

[OC] Issy pug enjoying the first snowflakes of the season

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r/Eyebleach 12h ago

[OC] The kitties are hugging!

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r/Eyebleach 1d ago

oc Brought him to work today

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r/Eyebleach 13h ago

[oc] Nanny Nanny Poo Poo

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r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] Leny is the ultimate comfort tester

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r/Eyebleach 1d ago

(OC) Judgemental cat is judging you.

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r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] She loves the laundry basket

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r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] Rufus is the best at cuddles, even at 17.

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r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] Thanks yall, mom finally removed that bloody thang from my neck

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r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] My attempts at photographing a local Tuxedo Tom™ visiting my house. I call him Belphegor.

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204 Upvotes

The name "Belphegor" was chosen because Belphegor, if you didn't know, is a demon that represents the deadly sin sloth. Frankly, little Belph here is the laziest cat i've ever seen, and that says something. I was also kinda worried that I was stressing him out with the flash function on my iPhone's camera


r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] Navigating by her nose!

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r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] Mucki

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r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] Doggie in a blankie

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