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Gatekeeping is impossible in the modern age because anyone can play games and communities aren't physical and can exist anywhere in the digital space. You can't stop them from playing or freeze them out of the conversation.
The only way to "gatekeep" is to actually be in a role in the industry to influence the game dev process. Which ironically the people who want to gatekeep never do but the people they want gatekept constantly do.