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wait is this article really complaining that someone said they don’t care about her complaining about shitty people on Reddit?
presumably the point of leaving for some of us was so we don’t have to hear about stupid shit said by its remaining users
like giving a fuck about what’s left on X
anyway my wife has more console games than I ever had and most cater to her demographic over mine
what a dumb thing for the original reddit users to try and gate keep in this day and age
it’s not the 90s, women game in mainstream
that said the whole lying by rich and famous people for pointless gaming cred is real, just look to moron Elon and Path of Exile
Missing the point in so many ways, you'd think a stormtrooper wrote this
which point?
I’m sympathetic about her complaint over reddit but nothing with mastadon had anything to do with her being a woman
“Calling women fake gamers, larpers, attention-seekers, or outsiders for visibly enjoying games is gatekeeping. It turns a hobby into a status boundary and makes gaming spaces worse.”
That's the point I got from GPT-5.5.
I disagree with the conclusion - I don't think gate-keeping is bad. I used to think it wasn't, but I see a lack of gate-keeping spaces, on both a local and national level, as the cause of certain issues. Go create your own damn hobbies with sparkle-ponies and hot-Antonio-Banderas lookalikes. Just leave mine alone.
gate keeping on controllable things that are bad is fine
see Elon Musk lying about being a top Path of Exile player, when he payed some farmer for his account
shitting on women gamers because they don’t play game exactly like you do is shit behavior (not saying you are doing this)
it does suck though when your favorite gaming space no longer cares about your demographic though when you were there first
fuck the fallout series post 2 except nv
(tactics was a guilty pleasure)
i think there should be space to complain about the changes without attacking people genuinely enjoying a game in their own way (not aholes trying to make money off of it)
Pot meet kettle