• fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
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    7 months ago

    That’s not gatekeeping. Gatekeeping would be: you guys shouldn’t go to libraries because reasons. Im merely expressing an opinion that few people here seem to know what happens in libraries.

    Case in point:

    […] a quiet, private place.

    This doesn’t really describe a library in 2024. I’m sure there are some libraries in which talking and interacting is still discouraged, but that’s not the norm in my experience.

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      7 months ago

      Why I think it’s gatekeeping:

      You’re essentially implying people haven’t been in libraries by your last sentence if they haven’t seen what you’ve seen. That’s gatekeeping, like it or not.

      EDIT: In case it isn’t clear, what you said was essentially:

      “You’re not a library-goer because [reasons].”

      That’s gatekeeping, my person.

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        7 months ago

        Nonsense. Lets not co-opt “gatekeeping” to cover any sort of attitude we find distasteful, shall we?

        Looking at a bunch of definitions of gatekeeping the closest I can find is this:

        gatekeeping refers to the actions of individuals or groups who try to define what is and isn’t acceptable within a particular community and determine who is and isn’t allowed to participate.

        My assertion:

        I kinda wonder how much time other commenter here have spent at their libraries.

        You really can’t co-opt that into the definition of gatekeeping.

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          7 months ago

          You’re the one who’s disqualifying people from saying what libraries look like because they don’t share your common experience. Have a little self-awareness.