Subj : Re: Community
To   : boraxman
From : tenser
Date : Sat Oct 01 2022 13:29:40

On 01 Oct 2022 at 12:45p, boraxman pondered and said...
 
 bo>  ap>  > I'm all for gatekeeperism.  Nothing is improved when it is opened 
 bo>  ap>  > the masses.
 bo>  ap> 
 bo>  ap> Nothing is improved when it's open to no one either.
 bo>  ap> 
 bo>  ap> Andrew
 bo>  ap> 
 bo> 
 bo> But it *IS* open to everyone.  We are just an SSH/telnet client away. 
 bo> No one is barred, no one turned away.
 bo> 
 bo> We are probably more open than Social Media, which is more oppressive and
 bo> abuses its users.
 bo> 
 bo> People either don't know, or don't care.  They should know, and they
 bo> should care.
 bo> 
 bo> The gatekeeping is those who want to make this into something else
 bo> should, something which loses the advantages and style we have, should
 bo> be politely told that this is what it is.  It's not a service with easy
 bo> to use apps and tracking, and its not by default searchable and tracked
 bo> by third party companies.

That's not what "gatekeeperism" means.

 bo> I don't see the controversy in that.

This is arguing a strawman: you've got a very different
definition of "gatekeeperism" than what most other people
have, and you're arguing for _your_ definition.  But that
is not what the people you are discussing the matter with
mean.

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