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This is known as gatekeeping. There’s no such thing as a “real fan”. People from all walks of life want to be involved in a conversation about a thing they find enjoyable. If anything, we should welcome those looking to be involved or experienced with things they don’t yet understand.
This is a bit different if they’re confidently incorrect and argue, but I have to imagine this is not the majority. You can take on the role of an educator to help those that don’t know understand more.
The Linux community, and niches inside that community, are quite infamous for gatekeeping. Because you don't use a piece of software that other people use (for usually ideological reasons), you get attacked for it.
I would know, because I was attacked for proudly embracing the use of XLibre. I didn't care one bit.
Is shunning people for not using Linux also gatekeeping? I feel like I get that a lot.
I wouldn't shun people for not using Linux, as what software they use is their business. However, I will point out that if you use something proprietary, then technically, you don't own the hardware on the OS side of things.
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Counter question: Why do some fans gatekeep their passion and insult those who they deem aren't "real fans" when it only creates a negative connotation with the fandom and convinces people with slight interest in the subject to avoid becoming a "real fan"?
I saw your other post here. You responded to someone who said they enjoyed the Absolute comics by telling them that your question isn't for them because they're not a real DC fan. If you ask me, that makes you the one who isn't a real fan, and in my opinion, makes your current and previous questions entirely disingenuous.
Because you have the strictest definition of "fan" which is "people who think EXACTLY the same as me about this franchise".
Looks to me like you just arbitrarily decided without actual proof that people didn't read the comics, instead of considering that they DID read them and came to different conclusions than you.
This is really stretching the limits of the idea that there are no stupid questions.
The concept of “real fan” is flawed I think. I’ve never assembled a WH40K model or read any of the spinoff novels, to say nothing of playing the actual tabletop game, but I’d say I’m a fan of the franchise. I’ve played some of the video games (Space Marine, Mechanicus, Boltgun) and enjoyed them. I enjoy reading lore and worldbuilding stuff from wikis even if I’ve never touched the franchise itself, and my knowledge of 40k is almost exclusively from such wikis.