Gatekeepers:

1. Ourselves (what we think we can’t do, don’t like, can’t make time for, afraid of, not aware of, etc.)

2. People who think they know what we need want (I suspect they have problems with #1 as well)

3. Assumptions that if X is easy for me, it will be easy for you and vica versa. (Applies to “hard” as well.)

4. Unexplored or unseen underlying views, assumptions, cultural thingies and such – we can often gloss over these, but they can also trip us up and create the illusion of gatekeeping through lack of understanding, perceptions of manipulation.

5. Manipulation and lack of awareness of and ability to work creatively with power differences.

6. Assumptions about early and second wave adoption of tools and the design of the tools for the diversity of participation.

7. Assumptions about what participation means.

There are a few. 😉