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When folks enjoy it or it is thought provoking. The "art" gatekeeping is one of those things I will literally never understand.
by tstrimple 3y ago
When folks enjoy it or it is thought provoking. The "art" gatekeeping is one of those things I will literally never understand.
- p-e-w 3y agoGatekeeping gives power to the gatekeepers. It's literally one of the easiest social phenomena to understand.
- mock-possum 3y agoPower at what cost though
- tstrimple 3y agoAnnoying and meaningless pontifications about what classifies as art.
- dredmorbius 3y agoAt a cost that is not born by the gatekeepers. (Deadweight losses accrue to society. It's the standard privatised profits, socialised losses dynamic. Which market-based economies absolutely love. And yes, that means society-as-a-whole loses.)
- esafak 3y agoGatekeeping (social proof) is what people turn to in the absence of objective criteria. Nobody needs gatekeepers to decide who the best athletes are.