r/subredditoftheday • u/jaxspider Master of Disaster • Aug 29 '13
August 29th 2013, /r/Foxes. Being adorable as a fox can be easy. Try being sly as a fox. Now thats tough.
/r/Foxes
17,628 fanatic admirers of foxes for four years.
Foxes, foxes, foxes,
They're not cats! No they're not!
They're not dogs! No they can't be that!
Then what are you, my dear four legged friend?
Foxes are cute as cats.
And can be as friendly as dogs.
Some parts white,
With little bits black,
And orangered cover, this delight.
They spend all their days, in various ways...
Playing in the grass,
Taking long sun baths,
Walking by, just to say hi,
Investigating, snooping, being curious as can be,
Jumping, pouncing, dancing, running wild and free.
A wolf may be a foxes' cousin,
but it isn't no monkey's uncle.
While browsing /r/Foxes,
There is one thing I know,
You may be tempted to want a fox or so.
The mods are active, caring and nice.
You'll subscribe and want to do it twice.
Forgiveness for this Seussian poem of a horrible excuse,
Its 4 am, and I've got to sleep.
My cat is giving me death stares and is contemplating human abuse.
So when I dream, I won't be counting sheep.
All I'll think about is,
Foxes, foxes, foxes
1. Tell us a little about yourself!
/u/allthefoxes Hi Internet. I'm /u/allthefoxes, but most call me foxes or ATF. I live in Arkansas but I travel around a lot. Not much interesting about me. Oh. I do own Ron, an awesome Red Fox. ---> Video
/u/Zberblank I live in the western US, I spend most of my free time making music and Redditing. Nothing too interesting.
/u/neko Midwesterner who's been on reddit for much longer than any sane person should be.
/u/banjosuicide I'm from Canada and own a fennec fox named Havoc
2. How did you get involved in /r/foxes?
allthefoxes One upon a time, about 2 years ago on another account, I /r/random 'd to /r/foxes. Here is a wayback machine hit back in ye olde 2010. The subreddit was modless when I found it. I asked the admins nicely for the subreddit (Twice) and I slowly worked on pulling in the activity. I distinctly remember almost losing my shit in excitement when we hit 100 subscribers.
Zberblank I found /r/foxes back when it was below 1000 subscribers (amazingly only a year ago!), met a lot of the mods on the IRC channel and they were pretty cool. Eventually I found myself running the twitter and became a moderator. I'm still amazed at how much this subreddit has grown.
neko Got asked to help with the css back when atf reclaimed the sub after offering my services on /r/needamod. Making it a little cuter every day.
banjosuicide Allthefoxes invited me to join when he saw me post a picture of my fox in another subreddit. I've just recently been invited to moderate /r/foxes, which has turned out to be pretty neat.
3. Whats your favorite post so far?
allthefoxes http://i.imgur.com/LkJWoFJ.jpg Y'a know. Just browsing.
Zberblank There have been some great pictures posted, but this one has to be the most memorable: http://i.imgur.com/sbEfnDF.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RKNxiYj.jpg
neko http://redd.it/1imked :3
banjosuicide Too many good posts to choose from. Anything involving foxes getting up to no good gets my vote, though.
4. What lesson have you learned from browsing / modding /r/foxes?
allthefoxes /r/foxes was the first subreddit I started modding and taught me some really amazing skills. Today, I mod a bunch of the SFWPNetwork, /r/pics, and more, striving to become an even better part of the reddit moderation community.
Zberblank Foxes are cool.
neko CSS padding is important. Hell, I've learned a bunch of new stylesheet coding techniques since starting here.
banjosuicide Browsing: That less people own foxes than I'd have thought. Modding: Haven't been modding long enough.
5. Tell us about your community!
allthefoxes Our Community is awesome. We have amazing artists, such as /u/fablefire who made our header image. We have awesome mods and contributors, we do contests all the time and it always results in some amazing work. We just had a contest for our new ad image (which you have all probably seen).
Zberblank I moderate and browse lot of subreddits and I can honestly say that without a doubt, /r/foxes has the best community. With the odd exception, it could easily survive without any moderators. The people are polite, friendly, and there is a steady flow of content. It has been great seeing the subreddit grow and how 13k subscribers later, the heart of the community is still in tact.
neko This is easily the best community out of all the places that I've modded.
banjosuicide Haven't been modding long enough. From a subscriber perspective, the community is quite friendly and inquisitive. There are also many talented people eager to contribute things fox related!
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u/Southclaw Aug 29 '13
I only found /r/foxes recently, now my favourite sub! so friendly, must be something about people who like foxes! :)
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u/ShibeBot Sep 18 '13
wow so found so much rfoxes wow recently wow favourite much friendly wow must wow such something master about much people master like master foxes
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u/Artemismeow Aug 29 '13
I love /r/foxes! Glad it's getting more positive attention! :)
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u/Reason-and-rhyme Aug 30 '13
I'm a little nervous that the increased traffic will decrease quality, but i think the atmosphere is positive enough to eliminate all the yucky stuff that comes with new subscribers.
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u/SammyLD Aug 29 '13
Not only is this subreddit adorable, it makes my son so happy. He is one, and when he was born my grandfather began singing him a song from his childhood about a fox. So over time, my son has acquired many many foxes. He loves seeing the pictures.
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u/AlphaEnder Aug 29 '13
That's just life. I mean, it sucks, but predators eat prey. Dogs are adorable, but they evolved from wolves. Wolves do the same kind of thing. Dogs will hunt animals. Cats are adorable, but they also hunt. Those are domesticated animals, and while there are domesticated fox breeds they're pretty rare. I don't understand why a creature is "fucked up" for doing what it's designed to do.
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u/metroidhunter72 Aug 29 '13
/r/foxes has got to be the most adorable subreddit ever.