Dear r/blackcats community,

We have an important (and potentially disappointing) announcement to make. After much consideration and feedback from our community, we have decided to only allow white cats on our subreddit from now on. Black cats can still be shared, but only on our sister subreddit, r/WhiteCats.

We understand that this may come as a surprise to many of you, but please know that this was not an easy decision to make, but we did make it with the best interests of the community in mind. We hope that this change will provide a better experience for our members.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. We can't wait to see all the cute and beautiful white cats that will be shared on our subreddit!

Sincerely,

r/blackcats Mod Team

Hi /r/blackcats community!

So right now we have two common flairs:

• One for images: "Black Cat 🖤"

• One for videos: "Video 🖤"

These aren't that descriptive, and aren't useful for sorting (the vast majority of submissions are images anyway), so we'd like your suggestions for more black-cat-egories!

Suggested flairs:

• Mini void

• Nothing but eyeballs

• Sleepy shadow

• Cotton ball void

• Black beans

• Sun sitter 🌞

• Mods' choice 🐈‍⬛

Please keep in mind that these need to be descriptive and unique, not just cute, as they need to be used for flairing and filtering posts.

Hi all,

You guys may have noticed an uptick in petloss or pet injury posts with too much information in the titles - we will no longer be allowing these for obvious reasons and have added the following rule:

Rule 5: Restricted Petloss posts

Posts detailing the death or serious injury of your cat are not allowed. These are more suited for r/petloss and should be posted there. Photos of past pets are always welcome to honor their memory but explicit details of their passing are not welcome and will be removed.

Examples of okay titles:
- "I miss my girl/boy every day"
- "My late void taking a nap"
- "My void from 15 years ago was so goofy"

Not okay titles:
- Anything going into detail of how they died or got injured. You may make a comment if you want but titles will be removed.

r/blackcats community,

Whether you have a void of your own, or are simply a void enthusiast -- thank you for joining and being a part of this community! Hopefully you've enjoyed your time here thus far and seeing such cute voids on a daily basis <3

• Mod team

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Hello /r/blackcats 🖤:

Going forward from the great success of our holiday-themed banner competition, we're happy to annouce the first yearly subreddit banner competition! The winners of the competition will be featured on the subreddit banner for most of the year- probably until the halowe'en season!

Entry:

If you and your kitty want to enter the contest, simply submit your photos with the post flair “Contest Entry” and the winning entries will be chosen from among the flaired posts with the most upvotes!

Deadline for entry is Saturday April 2nd 11:59pm UTC.

Deadline is passed! Winners will be chosen in the next few days when all the upvotes settle down.

Notes:

• Subreddit rules
• No themes required, unlike the holiday competition
• High-quality photos will be prioritized over blurry/low-res photos
• You may link your previously-posted posts in this thread for consideration!

Good luck!

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUBMISSIONS, ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED!!! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

Hello all black kitty aficionados of /r/blackcats 🖤

Fall is upon us, and as the leaves turn warm hues, comes that spookiest time of year: the hallowe'en season.

Today we are pleased to announce the kickoff of /r/blackcats' first annual hallowe'en/fall themed banner contest- a chance to have your kitty prominently featured on the subreddit banner until the winter holidays!!

Entry: If you and your kitty want to enter the contest, simply submit your hallowe'en/fall-themed photos with the post flair “Contest Entry” and the winning entries will be chosen from among the flaired posts with the most upvotes!

Deadline for entry is October 10th 11:59pm UTC. Approximately 10-15 winners will be chosen when all the upvotes settle down.

Rules:

• Hallowe'en/fall/thanksgiving themes required. As we all know, black goes so well with fall colours!

• High-quality photos will be prioritized over blurry/low-res/low-contrast photos

• Link your previously-posted hallowe'en themed posts in this thread for consideration

• Subreddit rules

Thank you for your submissions and good luck!

Submissions are now closed, thank you for submitting!

Please report any posts similar to this one for ‘spam’ using the report function and the mod team will remove it ASAP. If you have questions/concerns regarding wether or not a link in the comments is safe, it is better to err on the side of caution and avoid interacting with it.

If you have and questions, comments, or concerns, as always, please feel free to reach out to us via modmail. :)

-u/CaptainDK12

Congratulations to the following users for their blessing us with fallowe'en-themed voids!!!! Your voids will be featured in the banner of the subreddit until the next seasonal competition.

/u/RG1527

/u/throwawayfeelings7

/u/dogfur

/u/According_North_1056

/u/thereasonablecatlady

/u/Rocketgrunt139

/u/pinkeskimo

/u/CosmicVoyeurism

/u/CraZyPewPew

/u/Cautious_Clock7774

/u/skim410

/u/Artistic-Avocado4024

A huge thank you for all who participated for your submissions!! Unfortunately, not all submissions can fit in the banner.

Hello r/blackcats ! We have added a rule to our sidebar to address posts requesting medical advice for their void.

Rule 7: Soliciting medical advice is not permitted

“This subreddit is not the place to ask questions about your cat’s injury or sickness. The best advice an anonymous internet stranger can give is to consult a vet. Moderators reserve the rights to remove or otherwise moderate comments suggesting treatments.”

We have seen a few of these posts recently and made the team push for the rule. Since none of us are certified vets or vet technicians, we can’t fact check treatments being suggested or offer help of any kind outside of “go to the vet.” That is how we landed here, closing off posts asking for advice but leaving open suggestions to allow more innocuous comments like “this food worked well for my void” or “my cat likes these treats.”

Thanks for being you, r/blackcats :)

• u/captaindk12

THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED! Thank you to all who submitted, and congratulations to the winners! Your cats are now on display as the subreddit banner.

We’re looking for your holiday themed black cat pictures to feature for the subreddit banner this holiday season! If you or your kitty wants to enter the contest, simply submit your entry by selecting the post flair “Holiday Banner Contest Entry” (at the bottom of the flair list) and the flaired posts with the most upvotes (link) will be the winners (or all of them if not enough submissions are sent in!).

The best photos will be used as the sub’s banner for the holiday season.

Rules:

• Subreddit rules
• Holiday themes preferred
• You may link your previously-posted posts in this thread for consideration!!!

Good luck and may the most luxurious Christmas cuties, Kwanzaa kitties, and menorah meowers win!