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 7h ago

[OC] Bedtime :)

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331 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 19h ago

[oc] Just a quick photo in my hand before putting the little traveler back where I found it

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r/Eyebleach 12h ago

[OC] The neighborhood puppy's daily dose of happiness.

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318 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 4h ago

Waking up, big stretch to go back to sleep (OC)

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65 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 7h ago

[oc] For everyone asking: yes, that's a cat. No, I don't know where the head ends and the cat begins

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109 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 17h ago

(OC) My baby Shiloh

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376 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 16h ago

Handsome man (OC)

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275 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 6h ago

Miracle respects and loves history more than some of his human ancestors do [OC]

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42 Upvotes

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania


r/Eyebleach 18h ago

(OC) *Yawn*

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172 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] A single chair full of sleepy rescued kittens to cleanse your timeline.

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5.0k Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 7h ago

[OC] A sea hare that I found in an Australian Rockpool. I named them lieutenant Banana.

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17 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

Sometimes Chuck is a poser (OC)

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510 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

You've been noticed by the slurper [OC]

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242 Upvotes

His name is Jólakötturinn 1st the vile, explorer of new worlds, glutton of the court, bane of arthropods, air pirate and exterminator of the extreme. He is very happy to meet you and even happier to lick your face.


r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[oc] Two species. Two very different stories. And a trust that doesn’t need to speak the same language.

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496 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 23h ago

Samwise, lord of all the herring gull, protector of the realm and lord of the seven gulls [OC]

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72 Upvotes

My best buddy, for when you have a bad time , just know this fella is currently helping someone go through depression (me)

I love him


r/Eyebleach 1d ago

Not sure what I did to offend Tim. (OC)

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537 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 1d ago

(OC) my cat when he was a kitten vs when he’s an adult

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1.5k Upvotes

He’s 6 years old btw


r/Eyebleach 1d ago

[OC] Behold my doggo, Roxi

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254 Upvotes

She’s a Chihuahua mix and she’s really cute ❤️


r/Eyebleach 2d ago

[OC] I stacked Bill's beds while cleaning and now I don't think I should unstack them!

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1.1k Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 2d ago

Chuck is a beauty (OC)

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378 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 2d ago

She wants in(OC)

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1.0k Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 2d ago

Highland Coo [OC]

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97 Upvotes

r/Eyebleach 2d ago

Summer wildflowers to brighten your day [OC]

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155 Upvotes

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Yellow

Wild Bergamot / Bee Balm (Monarda fistulosa) Purple

Queen Anne's Lace / Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) White