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Whale, Dolphin, Minnow, F2P: The Spending Identities That Run Gacha Culture

Gacha communities have built an entire social vocabulary around how much money you put in, and it is doing more work than you think. Whale, dolphin, minnow, free-to-play: these are not just wallet sizes, they are identities, status markers, and moral positions. A look at where the language came from, why players cling to it, and what it hides.