Subj : Re: Community
To   : tenser
From : boraxman
Date : Sun Oct 02 2022 16:43:03

 te>  bo>  ap>  > I'm all for gatekeeperism.  Nothing is improved when it is op
 te>  bo>  ap>  > the masses.
 te>  bo>  ap> 
 te>  bo>  ap> Nothing is improved when it's open to no one either.
 te>  bo>  ap> 
 te>  bo>  ap> Andrew
 te>  bo>  ap> 
 te>  bo> 
 te>  bo> But it *IS* open to everyone.  We are just an SSH/telnet client away.
 te>  bo> No one is barred, no one turned away.
 te>  bo> 
 te>  bo> We are probably more open than Social Media, which is more oppressive
 te>  bo> abuses its users.
 te>  bo> 
 te>  bo> People either don't know, or don't care.  They should know, and they
 te>  bo> should care.
 te>  bo> 
 te>  bo> The gatekeeping is those who want to make this into something else
 te>  bo> should, something which loses the advantages and style we have, shoul
 te>  bo> be politely told that this is what it is.  It's not a service with ea
 te>  bo> to use apps and tracking, and its not by default searchable and track
 te>  bo> by third party companies.
 te> 
 te> That's not what "gatekeeperism" means.
 te> 
 te>  bo> I don't see the controversy in that.
 te> 
 te> This is arguing a strawman: you've got a very different
 te> definition of "gatekeeperism" than what most other people
 te> have, and you're arguing for _your_ definition.  But that
 te> is not what the people you are discussing the matter with
 te> mean.
 te> 

Not really, I acknowledge I likely used the term incorrectly.  The meaning behind what is said matters more than the specific words used.

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