S.torch
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There has been a lot of talking about "gatekeeping" lately. Specially in things like videogames and RPGs.
Which got me thinking, so much talking about gatekeeping, but, where are all the gatekeepers? Or better said, where did all the gatekeepers go?
We have observed how countless things we knew, both communities and works, have descended to a point of being unrecognizable. In the context of RPGs I think there are plenty of examples so I won't give any specific ones.
But how did this happen? Gatekeepers are supposed to be there precisely to avoid this kind of thing. To keep new people on the right path, while preventing the community from losing what makes it itself.
I'm kind of young (at least compared to the rest of the average age on the forum). So maybe some of you know something that I don't.
Which got me thinking, so much talking about gatekeeping, but, where are all the gatekeepers? Or better said, where did all the gatekeepers go?
We have observed how countless things we knew, both communities and works, have descended to a point of being unrecognizable. In the context of RPGs I think there are plenty of examples so I won't give any specific ones.
But how did this happen? Gatekeepers are supposed to be there precisely to avoid this kind of thing. To keep new people on the right path, while preventing the community from losing what makes it itself.
I'm kind of young (at least compared to the rest of the average age on the forum). So maybe some of you know something that I don't.