■ 🕑 2. 
│  Smaller anonymous communities, like Gikopoi and some textboards and smaller
│  imageboards I think tend to gravitate towards a mixture of pseudonymous and
│  anonymous users because that's the best model that they can thrive on-- people
│  can still act like they "know" each other and maintain a culture without having
│  any strings attached, and new people either fit in, adapt, or get filtered out.
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└─■ 🕑 4. Agree, but how do you define gatekeeping?
    I think you make good points, but how do you define gatekeeping? 
    Because using it as a clutch can make communities stale.
    It'll just be old heads patting each other's back until death
    Sure you can encourage people how to act and discourage bad behaviours 
    But I view that more as guidance rather than gatekeeping.
    
    I think a focus on gatekeeping is good for communities that want to
    stay niche. Otherwise you end up with the citizen police of online.
    
    That being said the strange world/heyuri thing linked here is
    a good example of gatekeeping. I love how they discourage wojaks
    and oomer talk. More sites should do that.
    
    As for what gyudon_addict said, I think having a mix of anon and 
    pseudo users encourages healthy diversity. Focus on one too much
    and either you get toxic hellholes or egoboo central.
    
    For the scaling thing, I agree. It's best that anonymous places 
    don't get bloated so there's nothing left but bad shitposts.
    It's best to spread other sites and encourage people find a 
    space for them instead of trying to jam everyone in one location