[socialismisok]

> it’s preservation of the genre’s distinctiveness.

This is literally gatekeeping. You are deciding which things may pass the gate.

[chongli]

Gatekeeping pertains to people, not things. If you have a rock n' roll club you're allowed to say that "Happy Birthday" is not a rock n' roll song. That's different from saying "people who like the Happy Birthday song aren't allowed in the club", which is gatekeeping.

[socialismisok]

Now you are gatekeeping the concept of gatekeeping, incredible.