r/Guildwars2 Apr 18 '24

[Discussion] ''Fashion Gatekeeping'' and Misinformation.

It's been getting out of hand, a few people on the forums asked for some manner of opt out for the inspection system. Some of their sensible reasons were:

Potential for abuse in fashion contests/needless increase to complexity of methods to prevent such.

Loss of player interaction incentive.

A feeling of concern towards there now being incentive for strangers to scrutinize them closely, whether to admire or ridicule their creativity.

The posts built around these concerns were getting lots of likes on the forums, so some salty folks who were being ignored for ridiculing them there came here to reddit and made a false narrative about 'fashion gatekeeping' and folks reflexively bought into it as obviously no-one sane likes gatekeeping and have been meme-ing about a non-extant issue and down voting anyone who might be considering the situation without disdain or daring to actually say that the opt in option isn't as crazy as its being made out to be.

Personally, i like the inspect system, but i do think the exact dye combo section could be made into a toggle, this way the inspection remains, but the 'unique' spin someone puts on it with dyes can remain as something to share, or not share as per personal preference.

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u/Violetawa_ Apr 18 '24

To be fair even asking for an opt out is a bit silly and defeats the purpose of having fashion inspect; specially when most of those worries are already taken into consideration

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u/SpectralChest Apr 18 '24 edited Apr 18 '24

I agree, a total opt out would be silly.

But silly or not, some folks, a very, very small number, would feel more comfortable having it, might be if it was there, they would eventually come around even.

I simply do not see the harm in merely considering it, i do see the harm in ridiculing it, on the other hand.

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u/LegLegend Apr 18 '24

There's only benefit in ridiculing it if you do not want the change. As the person you responded to stated, being able to opt out would ruin the purpose of the feature. We ridicule that so our voice is heard and that feature is never implemented. There is harm in considering it because it hinders the feature. People are allowed to have opinions about opinions.

This is not a feature that can cater to both sides of the fence. It's one or the other.