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I think of "gatekeeping" as blocking access, especially for something that doesn't have a defined membership, like a fandom. e.g. "you're not a real star wars f
by cauthon 6y ago
I think of "gatekeeping" as blocking access, especially for something that doesn't have a defined membership, like a fandom. e.g. "you're not a real star wars fan if..."
whereas anyone is welcome to contribute to debian, they just have to follow the rules. there's kind of no meaning to the term "gatekeeping" if any organization that has rules to follow counts.
- afiori 6y agogatekeeping is used as pejorative in those cases, where no gate ought to be. for example in at least one email Linus claims that forbidding C++ in the kernel was also to exclude C++ developers, whether he was right or wrong that is another case of gatekeeping
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