> People doing that are doing it intentionally Not usually, no. They haven't (for the most part) adopted gatekeeping behaviour just to be dicks, they've adopte

> People doing that are doing it intentionally Not usually, no. They haven't (for the most part) adopted gatekeeping behaviour just to be dicks, they've adopted it as a method of signalling to other members of the in-group that they too belong to the in-group. From their perspective, the effect on the person in the out-group is merely collateral damage.