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do you agree with gatekeeping?
in this day in age i agree with gatekeeping, tiktok ruins everything it touches its like the plague. no, i will not let people enjoy things, they enjoy it for the wrong reasons
Honestly what's the point of gatekeeping. your life isn't going to fall apart just because someone or you told someone about something you liked that you wanted to keep/know for yourself. reply
Yes 1000%. With out fail every time something gets popular the general public will turn it into something it’s not. For example, I know ATLA was on nick when we were kids but nobody remembered what it was really about or talked about it until it was on Netflix. I was in the last air bender fandom when this happened and I couldn’t stand the fand...... 1 reply
When it's complete subCULTURES that people turn into an "aesthetic", them yeah. You can't just disregard years of history, music, ideology, etc. just so you can dress more edgy. Don't call yourself goth if you don't listen to goth music, don't call yourself goth if you don't agree with the values and ideology of the actual community (same applies t...... 1 reply
For some stuff yea. When sites like this get viral with the wrong audience they end up getting taken down. If a good second hand store/sites goes viral it gets raided by resellers and it's harder to find good things. There's a good reason why certain things are called "trade secrets".
Worst part is that once it's not viral anymore the trend hoppe...... reply
Gatekeeping media is kind of useless imo. I understand that, a lot of the time, there are bad apples that "ruin" media. Whether it be bad interpretations or just malicious activity in general, there's always going to be a wish for a thing to be sacred so that the community around it stays "good". But the problem is that no matter what is said, what...... reply
Depends. Food and music, nah just hope for the best. Beauty products and hacks, sure absolutely.
Ex: Like when ppl gentrify shit. Like hiking up prices on hair products and skincare. Like why is it 2-3x the price now??? Explainnn. Or once the shit goes mainstream, they water down/switch the recipes and it no longer serves the people it was origin...... reply
my brain went: No, I think in the end we end up hurting people who have similar thoughts just unable to convey them
and then I remembered "minor attracted persons"
and yeah, nope gatekeeping is great in some cases, pedophiles? you can't sit with us ): reply