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There's some good explanation of what this is all about here: https://streetcat.wiki/

Specially, details of the actual feeders: https://streetcat.wiki/index.php/Stray_Cat_Feeders

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Thank you; I tried to find an “about” link but couldn’t.

There's one in the bottom left, but there's not much detail so I did some googling

This seems like a good initiative, but makes me wonder, isn't there a risk these cats will end up overeating when endless Internet-people click the feed-button?

Cats generally don't overeat like dogs do.

My cat would literally pop if he could eat as much as he wanted :(

My entire experience with cats disagrees.

A vet once told me that male orange cats can become food-obsessed, and my entire experience with cats agrees with that. One orange male that needs to be food restricted, while every other cat I know doesn't.

I've also seen non-orange fatties. At least other tabbies have to chonk potential. It's probably more of an individual thing (but some breed might be more prone to overeating than others) just like with humans.

It depends on the cat. Some will self-regulate, others will not.

The "oh lawd he comin"[0] meme is popular precisely because cat tend to over eat.

[0] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chonk-oh-lawd-he-comin

> Stupid Idiot is a now adopted cat, named after the markings on his face

I'm glad for Mr. Stupid Idiot :D

Apparently he's named idiot because his moustache markings resemble the chinese character for "idiot", and stupid because he once flooded his feeder with the water bottle, somehow.

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