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[–] YourMainMatt@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Gatekeeping communities. A lot of the niche communities basically would push you away if you don't have the latest or greatest, or if you had a slightly differing opinion than the rest of that community

No, it's just you who's too sensitive. Now gtfo!

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[–] PastorHaggis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Alternatively, one of my favorite things about Reddit was the circlejerk communities which were half tongue-in-cheek about gatekeeping certain things.

/r/guitar was known for being weird about their guitars, to the point you'd think they wanted to fuck them. /r/guitarCirclejerk was great because they'd ham it up and take it even further. /r/VinylCirclejerk was the same, they'd just post pictures of their feet with a record way off in the distance and say "how's my collection?"

It's semi-gatekeeping, but it provides, in my opinion, a funny counter to some of the more serious subs, or just makes fun of people who post dumb things.

[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Pet ownership communities were the worst offenders