Hey void-lovers!
Most cat subs have a very delicate balance between "happy posts about my cat" and "sad posts about my cat", specifically when it comes to pet death. A lot of them don't allow it at all. It's really tough to strike the balance of letting people who are devastated mourn the loss of their furry friend while still making the subreddit usable for people who aren't interested in that kind of content.
We allow mourning posts here, but you have to flair your post with "Mourning" so people who don't want to see them have the ability to filter them out. It's an imperfect solution, but it's all we have available to us with subreddit tools. Please make sure to flair all posts about pet loss with that flair so we can make a great sub for everyone.
In case you're someone who's interested in filtering out that content, this link should work for you. I know, it's not the cleanest way to browse the subreddit, and I'm not sure how it works on mobile. If we had a better solution, I'd provide it, but we have to work within what reddit offers us :(
Thanks for your understanding. If you've read this far, I encourage everyone to post some void laser eyes in the comments.
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This is the electric stinker
Most laser like eyes yet
Can we consider making mourning posts NSFW? For whatever reason the flair doesn't appear on the post when scrolling on the homepage, so it's 0% effective for the majority of Reddit users.
My void had FIP, so I find mourning posts particularly triggering, but everyone deserves to share and find support in this community when they need it.
Yes, please. I do not want to see sick kitties on their deathbed either, speaking as someone who has had to accomapny a cat through that. And I don't want to have to unsub.
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That looks very familiar ! My little GiGi is doing exactly the same right now !
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C'mon kitty think outside the box. Lol soooo cuteeeeee
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He will look into your soul and know you are lying!! …his name is BinX!
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Batman.. does this color bring out the color of my eyes? American Curl- ESA
New to the reddit community and oops he's healthy. Please disregard, I mean no disrespect. I'm sorry if you're grieving.
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Look huge eyes lil dude or dude the has love it sm
Thank you 💙 I came to this sub to leave it honestly, after seeing three posts in one day. My own kitty isn’t doing too great right now, and it’s too much right now to see while I’m trying to escape.
I really didn’t expect to see this post — and, there just is no kind way to say “please don’t sadden my social media feed with your dead furry friend”. So it felt like it was time to just head out and leave the sub. But honestly, I appreciate knowing about the flairs and how to browse the sub how I’d prefer to. So at least for now I’m just muting the sub to see if that works better.
Thank you for making this post and pinning it 🖤
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My void Nori taking a nap where he can be seen.
Classic 🍤
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Ari on the wheel on the dining room table.
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This whole set up, black cat on the wheel with that suncatcher in the background. Everything about this picture is BEAUTIFUL.
What kind of cat is that? It looks like a Rex
Correct! A Cornish Rex to be precise.
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Looks like my Bombay rj so gorgeous they are
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Sorry here he is couldn't get the pics to appear on the other post RJ
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Looks hilarious and casual! Lol
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Puck just wants a kiss.
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Laser beams!
Just read another insanely sad dead cat post. I don’t get it. Reading (and probably writing) about how your cat died sucks so much. Tell us fun stories of how they lived instead. Post cute pics and tell a nice memory and mention their passing a single time. Don’t spend 8 paragraphs on how their kidneys failed and the treatments that stopped working.
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Can anyone tell me the breed of my handsome hunk of chunk Midnight
He's a beautiful short-haired domestic black cat, a void, a soot sprite (stole that from someone else I saw (probably on here and liked). Anymore than that, you'd probably have to do a pet DNA test, I believe. More than that, I don't know. Maybe someone else have more information.
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I swear,my Luna looks alien in this pic!
My remembrance post was removed because my baby wasn’t black enough? I was posting here for comfort and was finding that in community responses.
Just mad me a bit sad.
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Hey, I wasn't the one who removed your post but I can see why they did. I understand that when you're grieving, reddit rules are the last thing on your mind and that's your right. But we do have to make sure that our subreddit is actually on topic, even if the person posting it is mourning. We removed it for the same reason we'd remove an orange cat or a dog - it's not a black cat. Not all cats with any amount of black on them are a black cat, your cat fits firmly into tuxedo territory, which, by your post body, you knew. There is a subreddit for tuxedo cats, which was linked in your removal message, so you can probably post and find comfort there (assuming the content of the post is within their rules).
I understand that it can be upsetting to have a post removed, especially when you're already feeling emotionally vulnerable, but it was removed for good reason.
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my ♥️♾️ showed up in a friends garage as a tiny baby. Why did I wait so long to get a cat? They truly are natures medicine for anyone feeling any feels! 🥰
Sooo cute!
Es una sensación de vacío y tristeza muy grande cuando nuestra mascota se va
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Rowena the void loves to be made into the bed. Just joined first time posting.
I had a cat who had been part of making the bed every week
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Happy sixth Birthday Hunter!! I love you so much! ❤️ You're a butthead but never change lol 😼👹🖤
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Midnight. 14.6 lbs of chonky heft. One braincell used entirely for loving.
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So this sassy thing likes to bite. She's 9 months old and I've had her since she was about 5-6 weeks old. Mint seems to trigger her inner demon. Just tonight, after brushing my teeth, I went over to my dresser where she was waiting for me. I leaned in for the usual kissies and she bit my chin. When I tried to move away, she bit my boob. My boob! What the actual f?!? (She didn't break skin, btw.) I don't know what hurts more, the bites or my feelings. Does anyone else have a sasshole that insists on tenderizing them?
When she does this, try saying "Ouch!" in a very sad, aching way. This will let her know it hurts you, and you don't consider it playful or okay behavior. After a few "hurt feelings," perhaps she'll stop. ("Sasshole," love it.)
My Bombay is the sweetest cat ever.I'd be so lost without him rj.Is literally my whole world
Rj the sweetest boy in the world
I'm new to this but what exactly is a flair
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My dear Wacky❤️! He was orphaned when he was mere days old and luckily we were informed and went and rescued him and his brother. Wacky was always sick, o was so afraid of losing him I slept beside his box in the bathroom with my hand on him several nights. He had a hard go of things at first but my champ is now the most handsome, sweet and walkable…not to mention he’s now as healthy as a cat can get! He just turned 2. He’s my baby! I love how he seems to say “mama” and get so happy every time he sees me!
Hi,
why not create a flair for this? i looked for a specific flair when posting about my cat and couldn't find one. i dont think that manual tags typed in the title work well
It is a flair. That's what this post is about.
Oh. Sorry, it was hidden so I thought there were only 3 flares. I've added it to my post.
Common mistake, happens to me on a lot of subreddits
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Odin odioso 🤣❤️🩹
My black pound cat is the most loving, vocal cat 🐈⬛ I ever have owned. I have owned many half , part Siamese girl cats. This male kitty purred as soon as I picked him up at the pound. He has continued to be such a joy to be around. Great to live with. I truly enjoy him.
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Ari.
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we are celebrating with perlita.💝🎉
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* Does anybody know the slang term for pinnal alopecia? The bald, thinning patch on my voids head by his ears? My wife said there is a slang term for it and I can't find it anywhere.
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Here's a Pic of what I mean
My cat has that too.
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My Maverick 😻
Not Black - Tuxedo
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Pew pew
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Po and Tato understand
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Meet Astranova 🥰
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Sharing the void that I wake up to…. Just watching - possibly draining my energy, (as she belts around the house at stupid O’Clock), and I wake up tired….
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This is Nyx ❤️
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For what it's worth... I DO care about people mourning their cats. But it's not why I followed this sub. And because mourning posts generally get a lot of comments they end up rising in my feed to the point where often the only black cat posts in my fees ARE the mourning posts. Which is making me u follow this sub because for personal reasons I don't really want to keep seeing those.
Hope I'm not coming off like an ass.
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Adoptable! Fixed, transport ready, looking for a home! Very friendly and playful.... she walks flat footed. Not harmful and doesn't impact play or jumping. 1.5 y.o. needs forever home!
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I never thought how much I would love my cat grandma (who has been with me for a little over a year now). So black and yet she is my light every day ❤️
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The void that steals my soul every night….
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I see eyes in the night..
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Vader outside time(yes he's in a harness)
Adorable
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And Binx
Thanks for this - I'm new here and new to reddit so its good to get some guidelines !
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My boy
Would it be possible to update the post flair to “Death/Mourning?” Then it would be the same as what r/cats has. I have a special filter applied that hides any posts with the Death/Mourning flair and I’m worried if I just have a “mourning” filter that it will cut out a lot of content from across Reddit.
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Well, there she is… I am 18 and I can do what I want. I’m 18. I’ll stay out all night.
I don’t run after birds they come to me… Rats what are those?
So there she is, in all her glory. She’s had many names throughout the years.
The newest one I came up with yesterday is POOPER….It seems like I’m emptying the cat box more lately.
But really she’s the best cat anyone could ever want and I’m amazed to have her all these years.
I don't know if this is allowed but there's a family of cats being fostered in Southern Indiana with transport to good loving homes. Ideally two kittens each home. Please let me know if you are interested in baby voids!!! Fixed already very playful with litter mates!
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Friendly and playful baby voids looking for furrever home fixed already, transport available...I also have a tuxedo sister
Needs a permanent mom or dad....transport available fixed already. Playful and friendly!!
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Ready for a loving home, fixed and transport available....Playful and friendly!! I also have a tuxedo sister
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Not sure how comfy this is for her 🤔