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Unless it's completely changed since the APIpocalypse, I'm going to say wrong criticism, right target. It's a big place, only some parts of which gatekeep much.
Yeah, Reddit seems like it does the exact OPPOSITE of gatekeeping. It's progressively lowering the barrier to entry to attract new people.
Before I signed up, it was very much "The narwhal bacons at midnight", with people needing to understand the inside jokes and references, Reddiquette, and other "soft skill" kind of stuff to get upvotes.
I left with the API situation, but even by then, it was nearly mainstream. "Normal people" would tell people about things they saw on Reddit. Of course, nobody would share their username with anyone else. (Nor should they! Lol)
Even since then, I'm occasionally seeing Reddit screenshots from people whose phones I imagined never opened much else aside from messaging apps, image/video-based social media, and their camera app, lol