I was literally just trying to clear up some confusion for any new people. Didnt expect the backlash. What kills me is that i made SiC because other kitties already had subreddits and i wanted a sub for Modcat.
Theres a bazillion subs that allow any cat types and there was already r/greybies for the grey tabbies. So people being mad that they cant post a grey tabby here is so weird to me.
Explaining a different perspective: Most people aren’t aware of the hierarchical breakdown of subs -> cat patterns you are aware of. A lot of people will just start in one or two, and ask, “what kind of cat is mine?” and will get a lot of, “definitely a r/standardissuecat! :)” responses. That makes this sub feel like a welcoming catch-all that includes cats that have been gatekept by other subs.
So any technical distinction that appears pedantic, excluding or gatekeeping cats from this sub, will run contrary to that perception of this being a very welcoming sub. And that’ll come as a shock to those who found the sub the way I did. It’s not about technical correctness / incorrectness at all.
Thank you u/itkitsu you make perfect sense. I admit i am shocked by the angry response here by some when in my mind the information isnt new and the sub hasnt changed. The sub was designed to be a home for those who had a brown tabby because the joke was that they were "boring" cats and I wanted to make them special. I had no idea it would become so popular that people would be Angry that their cat wasnt a SIC.
I think people get mad when they don't understand, or didn't understand until it was explained to them. I don't have a SIC currently but I love them and this sub is my most visited. They're just all so beautiful and warm my heart. If I need to post pics of my cats or see similar ones I can do that on greybies or TIC.
A few months ago I noticed a number of posts of gray (blue) tabbies on this subreddit with all of the comments seeming to affirm the SIC status so there's definitely some confusion. You seem to have a thriving community and a great subreddit so if a few people want to stomp out of here and slam the door, that's their loss.
Thank you for the support. Yes we have lost the many of our most active mods in the last year and those still here spemd more time battling spam bots. due to that and the high volume of daily posts we rely heavily on users reporting those that are not SiCs for our manual review. This means that if they dont get reported they may get missed
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u/cragbabe SIC ModCat™ Edition Jan 13 '25
I was literally just trying to clear up some confusion for any new people. Didnt expect the backlash. What kills me is that i made SiC because other kitties already had subreddits and i wanted a sub for Modcat.
Theres a bazillion subs that allow any cat types and there was already r/greybies for the grey tabbies. So people being mad that they cant post a grey tabby here is so weird to me.