Higher barriers to entry actually protect ecosystem quality. The real problem isn't gatekeeping—it's the wave of bad actors who plagiarize and rebrand others' work as their own, passing off derivative content as original innovation. These imposters aren't building; they're just copying. And here's the thing: when there's no friction, low-quality actors flood in and drown out genuine contributors. You end up with a community that can't distinguish signal from noise, where lazy knockoffs get the same visibility as original work. That's the actual gatekeeping nobody talks about—the hijackers controlling the narrative through volume and deception. A stronger filter—better community standards, real vetting, consequences for theft—would weed out the parasites and create space for legitimate builders. Not everyone needs to be in every room.