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Alright, so this whole topic is going to be centered around the act of gatekeeping.
Starting with gatekeeping, the whole topic of this blog.
Gatekeeping is the act of controlling, and(or) limiting access to something. Other definitions are ;the activity of trying to control who gets particular resources, power, or opportunities, and who does not.
This can be, (not limited to,) bands, shows, books, and movies.
People tend to gatekeep when they want to feel a sense of control over that specific thing, or for jealously reasons. For example, someone may feel jealous if a person ends up liking the same unground band as them. Theyre typically afraid that said person will end up liking that band more, or something along those lines. In order to feel a sense of control, power, or simply to feel special, and unique, they gatekeep.
Of course, those are not the only reasons. People are scared that "something" will get watered down by too many people gaining interest. Or their simply just.. selfish.
Whatever the reason, Gatekeeping is never, will never, be acceptable or cool.
Were gonna go through this section by section, Firstly, Gatekeeping bands.
Gatekeeping a literal BAND. Is truly wild work. If you love a band, you want it to succeed, get sales, fans, and become popular. How.. is that happening if your gatekeeping? I get the nice feeling of a small community, but the band WANTS to get famous.
Next, is shows and movies. Since their both "similar" im putting them together. But, Some gatekeepers like to gatekeep because.. people only watched the show/movie when it got popular. I fear THAT IS THE POINT. how is a show going to get the praise it deserves, if nobody watches it? Just because someone watches something while its trending, or popular, doesnt mean it cant be their favorite. A girl named sky, posted a old old video, but i fear it needs to be mentioned because it goes well here. "Im sorry but im gatekeeping this movie, its not your favorite if you only watched it because it got popular." There are MANY, reasons why people watch movies while theyre popular. Being, yet not limited to, a sense of shared culture experience, the abilty to engage with trendy topics, to be in the "know" about what people are buzzing about. are any of these things worth GATKEEPING? No.
Moral of the story, gatekeeping isnt cool, never will be cool.
It doesnt make you cooler, and at the end of the day, it really doesn't matter.
I fear that is all for this blog, thanks for reading!
as always this means no literal hate towards anyone, this is simply just my takes and opinions.
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PierreHendrix
u are sooo right, sometimes it makes me feel bad that the same fans, especially those of underground bands or artists, gatekeep them when they should give them more exposure or fame, like i hate those guys who say "noooo my artist has been tiktokfied" as if it were something bad for the artist
I COMPLETLY AGREE W YOU. like "tiktokified" isnt bad AT ALL. they need to chill LOL, the band/artist isnt going anywhere
by heart!! (or rayray); ; Report
FRRRRRRRR That poor artist needs to live off something and eat and these mfs are like "don't let him become famous"
by PierreHendrix; ; Report
its not about the person becoming famous, its the fan base becomes so over saturated and watered down, there is no connection and these tik tok fans dont really LOVE the art, they are just trend followers with no connection to the music, and they dont feel the artistry.
i dont have tik tok anymore, i havent for about a year and i can just tell when the fans are tik tok followers.
it turns from art to trend. it sucks.
by TYSON; ; Report
Based off what ive seen, tiktok fans usually quit being obsessed with something after a week or two.
Tiktok is a great way for other people (who actually, love that type of music) to find a community.
Trend followers find something new every couple of weeks. For example, vampire empire was trending for about 1-2 week(s), after that, new alt people, and more, started listening to big thief, and everyone else moved on, and forgot about it. That's usually how it goes. It sucks, but most of the time it blows over.
And since you can feel who really loves the artist or music, itll be easy to only surround yourself with them.
by heart!! (or rayray); ; Report
and that cycle is not healthy, especially for the artists career. there has been quite a few artists who have said these trends have really fucked up their career, they get really massive, so when they tour they accomodate for that larger audience, then when the show rolls around theres not nearly enough people to make up for the money spent.
tik tok is killing longevity, and music in general. and thats the falsehood of it 'it helps you find community' but it really doesnt, its just a bunch of other trend hoppers who dont know shit, and misinformation gets spread constant. then when theyre done with that artist theyll turn around and kick them in the back. they dont just leave they destroy the persons reputation by making it 'cringe' to still like them. penelope scott for example. i liked her before she blew up with the whole tik tok alt thing, and people then loved her too, but the next year everyone turned against her it and now hating her was as big as her career, they started using lotta true crime as an example of her thinking she could offend a killer, but because all these people care about is the catchy 15 seconds of sound they never really listened to the song, never thought about what it was actually saying.
artists are being pushed to not create art, instead being pushed to make a trendy 15 seconds for tik tok and the rest is filler. and
by TYSON; ; Report
i still stand by my first opinions on this, but reading yours was veryveryvery eyeopening.
i agree with you on most of that, and i dont have any other arguments on this.:3
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