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tw, opinions.
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.
edit 1 12/18/24
this is a reminder, this is my opinion, this is not based on any personal gatekeeping, i have many more opinions on gatekeeping, this is just one example.
the def of the word opinion/opinions
plural noun: opinions
- a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
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- dont get all mad at me when ive stated this is an opinion, not based on fact or knowledge. opinions dont have to be backed up.
- you can argue, do not get mad when i argue back.
- you can get mad, do not get mad when i get mad back.
- to avoid chaos, do not respond if you dont agree. your only pushing my blog up. if you dont want to boost, dont comment, ignore and block me.
- if you have a problem, comment, ignore, or dm me. but dont get pressed when i respond.
- this is solely based off what ive seen.
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RosePixie
I have to tell my perspective. When you have people who you finally open up to and reveal things about yourself, only to have them pretty much copy you, your jokes, personality, favorite bands, etc and claim they knew all those things you introduced them too before you did, you learn to gatekeep. Dont blame people who gatekeep, blame people who steal other peoples identity's because they dont have a personality of their own.
when this happens, thats when you express your feelings, confront them. at that point their not a good friend.
ive cut off a couple friends because of this.
this blog was mainly pointed out towards people who gatekeep online, not in personal relationships, if you KNOW a friend is gonna do all of that once you tell them about any interest, i can understand gatekeeping.
by heart’s silly world; ; Report
sure, Im just telling you why people do it. Its happened to me more then once from grade school to even as late as highschool, it happens and no one likes feeling like their intimate identity is stolen, naturally its going to be harder for me to be open with people and Im sure other people do it aswell. I understand though not all gatekeeping can be for good reasons but the majority of the time I think it stems from experiences like mine.
by RosePixie; ; Report
to me I dont really see the difference of gatekeeping from online or interpersonal relationships, if anything online makes it easier for people to imitate you since you dont see them do it. Im just saying as someone whos had this happen to me multiple times, you start closing up, doesnt necessarily have to be "selfish."
by RosePixie; ; Report
"Whatever the reason, Gatekeeping is never, will never, be acceptable or cool. "
"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. "
Just alot of baseless assumptions on people in this blog, I get the feeling you didnt actually ever had people copy you because if you did you wouldnt say any of this and atleast be alittle more understanding. Just my thoughts.
by RosePixie; ; Report
theres a huge difference between gatekeeping in a personal level, and in a online level.
firstly, the "type" of gatekeeping i was covering was online, not just the corners of the internet.
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i have had people do that, you ignored when i said ive cut off people because theyve done that. so, yes, i have experienced that many times.
" if you did you wouldnt say any of this and atleast be alittle more understanding"
did you also ignore when i said i understood gatekeeping on a more personal level?
and on the "baseless" assumptions, all my takes and points, are based off what ive seen on the internet these past years ive been active. these are opinions, these are MY personal opinions, based off what ive seen. you're referencing personal gatekeeping, that happens with people you know, im referencing gatekeeping in the internet, do you see the differences? your referencing copycats, i never mentioned that. do you see how this argument isnt matching up, because were speaking on different levels of the same subject?. one reply was enough, you got your point across, i got mine across.
by heart’s silly world; ; Report
your seriously not getting my point. Its becasue of "personal" gate keeping, that "online" gate keeping happens. I'll never agree with you so lets just agree to disagree, Ive wasted my time here.
by RosePixie; ; Report
also, its very mature of you to totally change the subject when I quoated you in your orgininal blog. Dont expect to say things like, so and so people are just selfish, and not get emotionally charged replies
by RosePixie; ; Report
in my opinion, no thats not why. ive already listed my reasonings.
it took four replies for you to realize you wasted your time?
i dont think you understood what i was saying from the beginning, but sure, agree to disagree.
by heart’s silly world; ; Report
All Im saying is, dont get butthurt when you post and opinion and you get opinions back
by RosePixie; ; Report
its very mature for you to let your emotions affect how you react. on the internet, of all places.
i stayed on subject, replied, and argued with everything you said.
changing the subject would be going off track of the original subject, i did not go offtrack.
you quoted me, said your opinion, i responded to a couple other things, and what you quoted. im sorry you didnt see that, deepest apologizes.
how mature you are for putting an insult into a argument over an OPINON.
keyword here, OPINON. THIS HAS BEEN MY *OPINON* if you didnt like my opinion, why didnt you just IGNORE, it? you wasted your own time. do not respond.
i was never butthurt, you sounded butthurt. i expected opinions back, i responded. dont post your opinions, on a blog full of opinions, and get mad when you get opinions back. i dont think you fully understand the word opinion.
plural noun: opinions
a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
there's the def, just in case you needed it.
you sounded butthurt with your "charged emotions".
do not respond to me again, this argument is over, any response i will delete.
peace and love
xoxo
by heart’s silly world; ; Report