Game time isn’t always equal to game understanding (Neither is rank, for what its worth). So, let’s skip all this “I play since beta” thing.
I wasn’t saying the primary use of her barrier was for close, personal use. I was pointing out that the main complaint about her barrier is that it allow projectiles to get into the gap between Symmetra herself and the point where the barrier spawn.
It’s not even hard to find those complaints. Give a read to the old and new Symmetra megathread and you can find a lot of them.