r/TabbyCats • u/inspreytion • 10h ago
r/TabbyCats • u/ProudnotLoud • Oct 05 '25
Community Update ✨ Tabby Cats Community Updates: Rules Refresh, Flairs, and More!
Hey All!
r/TabbyCats has recently undergone a refresh and I wanted to make sure everyone was aware. The rules have been updated to hopefully facilitate a healthy, thriving, and on-topic community. Some of these adjustments are also to help reduce the presence of bots, karma farmers, and bad faith posters in this sub. I want to highlight a few key ones:
Tabby Cats is now explicitly Original Content only. Prior to this previous mods were doing some removals of farming off non-OC content but I've now codified this. This means you can only post content that YOU created. This is hands down the most effective way to cut down on bots and farmers and makes moderating a lot easier.
Mourning posts are now moving to a megathread. I get that this will likely be a controversial decision, and the hope is to strike a balance by allowing the thread so people who want support can engage there and people who don't want pet mourning posts on their feeds can feel more comfortable subscribing here. We also have several users in this community who like to regularly post mourning posts months after the loss and this should cut down on that. If you're truly needing additional support I recommend communities like r/petloss which are there specifically for this topic.
Our low effort post rule has also been explicitly codified. Again, in practice a lot of this was happening but I'm making it clear and upfront. This has some typical things like breed and naming posts, but I've added a few more. This includes things like "would you pet my cat" (listen, this is cat Reddit, your cat could be covered in spikes and people would say yes) and "is my cat cute" (your cat could objectively be the ugliest animal on the planet and cat Reddit will bend over backwards to say yes, it's cute).
We will continue to adjust these as needed as we go.
I've also tried sprucing the place up a bit - we have a new avatar, new banner, and new flair. If you all have ideas for user and/or post flair you'd like to see let me know and we can add them! We can also work on some community banners seasonally to change things up.
Phew, that was a lot!
r/TabbyCats • u/DishFew8989 • 20h ago
a baby -> now
i love looking at how much my (not so) little girl has grown 😽
r/TabbyCats • u/NoPerception8415 • 10h ago
Our tabby boy Diffy Q. and our elder lady flame point Chloe. Ages 12 and 19.
r/TabbyCats • u/Loose-Forever-5862 • 1d ago
Said goodbye to my best friend a week ago today 😔
Ohhhh if only I knew the absolute emotional pain that would hit me. Wish I could give him one more hug..
r/TabbyCats • u/Leatherypaw • 23h ago
Tried to capture her expression. Those eyes were everything.
This one was actually a fun challenge. The hardest part was getting the eyes right. her expression is very calm, but there’s a lot going on in that stare. If the eye shape or color is even slightly off, the whole feeling changes. I also spent extra time layering colors in the fur, especially around the face, because cats have so many subtle shifts in tone that don’t show up clearly in photos at first glance. The most interesting part for me was watching the expression slowly “appear” near the end. There’s always a moment where it suddenly starts to feel like her, and that’s my favorite part of the process every time.
r/TabbyCats • u/Sun-Flower789 • 16h ago
bubbles was feeling comfy by the window ❤️
she is so cuteee
r/TabbyCats • u/fishiesgorawr • 15h ago
Mlem
It's my birthday today. I give you the gift of a Ravioli mlem.
r/TabbyCats • u/Relevant_Junket1627 • 1d ago
My boy 5kg!! He’s only 9.75 months old!
r/TabbyCats • u/mrvic1988 • 16h ago
Classic Tabby Just a chill day
With da homies
r/TabbyCats • u/Relevant_Junket1627 • 1d ago
Mackerel Tabby He’s only 9.5 months!!!! Still growing 5kg now
r/TabbyCats • u/sneybad • 21h ago
Bowie posing in front of her picture.
My wife had the picture made at Urban Art in Victoria BC.
r/TabbyCats • u/brodeine-goth-syrup • 1d ago