Gatekeeping at the con, who decides who's a real fan?

I hit up the Denver Comic Con last weekend and watched a guy in a homemade Batwing costume get grilled by a vendor about not knowing a random Silver Age lore detail. The vendor laughed and said 'real fans' would know that. Meanwhile, the dude next to me had never read a single issue, only watched the movies, and was having a blast buying prints. So which is it, are we about the deep cut knowledge or just loving the characters? Has anyone else seen this weird gatekeeping at a show and felt like it just pushes new people away?

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