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Another person doing the same thing as you on the internet does not devalue what you do on the internet.

It took me a while, when I entered the "female human making @warcraft video content" space, to realise that we all grow that field together.

There is space for me, space for @TradeChat, space for @Djari328, (as if I was on their level), space for everyone. We're stronger together!

Yeah--one of the subtle aspects of poor inclusion of women in the gaming community is the tendency to pit them against each other.

Yep! For sure. Of course, as you note, it's counter-productive to do so. The more the better!

There's a lot of reinforcement/temptation to pick up a "not like those girls" persona, which I imagine is complicated to avoid.

Definitely! My take, fwiw, is to just be yourself, and ignore attempts to pigeonhole/etc, unless that's what you want. It's a big space :)