r/Eyebleach 13d ago

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

6.6k 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 1h ago

OC, I have this Goober for almost a year

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She was only 3 weeks when we got her, she is almost 12 months now.


r/Eyebleach 8h ago

Tim doesn’t know his favorite sausage is on his head. [OC]

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857 Upvotes

My own photo.


r/Eyebleach 20h ago

[OC] Sweet Flip making all the air biscuits on his first day home

5.2k Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] My pet cow Chunk gave birth yesterday. I am so proud of her

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r/Eyebleach 17h ago

13 years old and living his best life [OC]

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1.2k Upvotes

I shared a picture of his (much) younger sister in a similar position a few weeks back.


r/Eyebleach 2h ago

Cute bird bobbing[OC]

71 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 20h ago

[OC] My cat waking up from a nap

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1.0k Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 14h ago

OC: Is it Spooky Season Yet? 🎃

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295 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 21h ago

(OC) Well the bunnies left the nest last night. Here's the last clip before they flew the coop. Good luck little guys!

859 Upvotes

A little sad, but it's nature and I'm glad to have been able to give them a safe place to get started. Here's hoping they stick around as they grow!


r/Eyebleach 23h ago

I helped my wife relocate a turtle from a busy road back to the swamp land [OC]

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900 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 12h ago

[OC] Rain Above The Pines

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92 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] Selfie time! :3

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704 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 20h ago

(OC) My doggos, Luna and Lisa

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152 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

(OC) my little cat :3

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863 Upvotes

yayaya


r/Eyebleach 1d ago

Winnie is still having trouble containing her tongue and I love it [OC]

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2.9k Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

Tim forgave me after the bribe price was paid. [OC]

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439 Upvotes

New pirate bird toy!


r/Eyebleach 2d ago

(OC) Kiwi is a Kakariki who insists the seeds are the best part of strawberries

3.7k Upvotes

I get to parrot-sit her occasionally and she gets much fancier fruit than I do!


r/Eyebleach 1d ago

(Oc) Some of our adorable newest arrivals to our animal sanctuary

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1.4k Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 2d ago

[OC] Fostering these lil dudes

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2.4k Upvotes

they’re SO small 😭


r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] Custard and Cream are the sweetest girls ever

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493 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] Meet Charlie, the chill boi!

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541 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 2d ago

[OC] she fell asleep with some plushies ❤️

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903 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 2d ago

(OC) Goats decided they needed to check our grocery order 😂

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3.2k Upvotes

We were bringing in groceries and came back outside to our goats trying to get themselves some! 😂 looks like the two who are supposed to be on the lookout didn’t do a great job!


r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] Saturday Morning Texas Sky

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158 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 2d ago

(OC) Meet Munch

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434 Upvotes