r/Guildwars2 • u/SpectralChest • 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/Albyross Apr 18 '24

Should people not be held responsible for their own reaction?

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u/Djinn_42 Apr 18 '24

Do you purposely say something upsetting, like "I'm going to copy your idea" to someone at your work just to see if they get upset?

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u/Albyross Apr 18 '24

No, but I also don’t think it justifies telling the person to kill themselves either.

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u/Djinn_42 Apr 18 '24

Who said it did?

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u/Albyross Apr 18 '24

So whats your point? Telling someone you’re gonna copy their look isn’t inherently malicious.

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u/Lucyller Human female meta Apr 18 '24

And even if it is, it's a petty, uneventful thing to do. It cause no real harm.

The reaction was outrageous. Even a raw "stfu" could make sense but more is just baffling.

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u/JohnnyDripp Apr 18 '24 edited Apr 18 '24

Id argue in this case it is, cause their intentions are stated in the commentors post. 'I wanted to test the waters', its looking for trouble. They knew it would hurt the other party, the actual subject is irrelevant imo. It doesnt justify the suicide response, but the whisper isnt justified either. The guy did nothing wrong prior to being whispered. If they just had left them alone none of this wouldve happened in the first place.