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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:
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.
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.
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:
My assertion:
You really can't co-opt that into the definition of gatekeeping.
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.