After 40 years of working in grassroots movements, we've watched the same pattern repeat: a small number of people begin to #gatekeep - controlling who gets in, who gets heard, and what gets decided - until there's no way in or out without their approval. We've seen this dynamic damage or destroy numerous movements. We're naming it here because awareness is the first line of defence. The #OGB framework exists partly to address this, building more open and accountable governance so that no person or clique can quietly close the doors.

The Crew – Paths to Growth?

These people are a problem, the group of people who took over running the #Fediverse from us first wave crew. The problem is that they are liars - not out of malice, but in a blinded, dogmatic way. They arrived in this native #openweb movement already carrying this mindset, and it’s only deepened since. That doesn’t make them personally nasty, but it does make them dangerously incompetent. Why? Because they generate serious signal-to-noise problems, misallocate resources, misplace […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/paths-to-growth/

I've read today that #SamAltman owns an #agecheck company and wants to implement it to #gatekeep access to #ChatGpt ...

...if this is true, Sam will singlehandedly do more to retard adoption of #Ai than millions of Neo- #luddites fighting #aislop with memes and literal nonsense.

But, I guess in one respect SOME neo-luddites were right, get you addicted to offloading cognitive load, then #monetise it hard.

i think i'm gonna start working on some shitty new wave jungle track, i got some voiceline samples from a snes game (not saying which #gatekeep) and i think i can make something good here

I was reading a lemmy discussion where people were #gatekeeping exercise and saying housekeeping isn’t exercise because they can personally do better by going on walks and such.

This is one of those times I’m glad I chose Mastadon over lemmy. Because I can comment on their logical fallacies here and not get downvoted for it.

House chores are most definitely exercise. Just because YOU personally don’t get as much out of it, doesn’t mean you can say it’s not exercise for EVERYONE else.

Exercise is “activity that requires physical or mental exertion.” For me, that definitely applies to household chores. Especially because #LongCovidSucks and I’m pooped after a few minutes.

So don’t be a jerk and #gatekeep exercise just because it personally doesn’t make you tired or personally don’t break a sweat.

Thank you.

Everything becoming a #service instead of a one-time buy or a piece-meal just becomes another way to #gatekeep productivity from people who deal with financial hardships or wanting ways to improve oneself without breaking the bank.