Subj : Re: Community
To   : tenser
From : boraxman
Date : Wed Sep 28 2022 00:39:31

 te>  Av> I would argue that this is not just a BBS thing, but perhaps somethin
 te>  Av> you may well expect to find in a number of communities. I wonder if i
 te>  Av> sometimes borne out of incumbents comfort for the ways things are don
 te>  Av> the desire for consistency etc. I'm not against such things per say b
 te>  Av> I agree new ideas that come along into any pursuit/interest (if teste
 te>  Av> or trialled with an open mindset) can lead to developments unseen or
 te>  Av> thought of by the wider community prior.
 te> 
 te> Oh yeah, it's definitely not just BBSes.  Ham radio is the
 te> other big offender that I'm most familiar with: there's a
 te> lot of entrenched gatekeeperism there as well (which is kind
 te> of what this "big fish; small pond" mentality amounts to).
 te> I'm sure the same is true of fly anglers and stamp collectors
 te> and all kinds of other communities.
 te> 
 te>  Av>  te> became a thing.  Sadly, as in many things, many of the more
 te>  Av>  te> reasonable voices in the community also fell casualty to the
 te>  Av>  te> effect.
 te>  Av> 
 te>  Av> I'd like to think the not all left, and of course what is 'reasonable
 te>  Av> to one may be seen as unreasonable to another. The joys eh? :)
 te> 
 te> Yes, many left, but not all. :-)
 te> 

I'm all for gatekeeperism.  Nothing is improved when it is opened to the masses.

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