Thread:Sannse/@comment-5785681-20191218164348

I don't have a question; just some feelings I want to share with you about my experience on FANDOM to help you understand the editor demographic a bit better. I joined FANDOM in 2013 and have been a steady editor ever since. I'm now the B/A for three wikis so I've "been around the block." I'm also an old soul and a kid at heart. Actually, I'm 63 years young and have loved anime since I was age five (yeah, Astro Boy). But I digress...

Users and editors are unique groups that often overlap. As a user, IDC how a wiki operates. I just want information. But, as an editor, I care alot. We come from all walks of life, all sorts of backgrounds and edit for all sorts of reasons. This was never an issue "back in the day" when laissez-faire was Wiki's mantra. That, unfortunately, is no longer the case. While communication between staff and users has increased, it seems decisions are being made to suit the needs of those defined as useful for revenue-generation. This became de facto with the blog post about Community Connect, which I found to be both informative and incredibly rude.

Another example of this "favored child" status is the fact that only mobile users were sent a survey about what they wanted to see on a Profile Page (unless I missed the contact somehow). How could this happen? And why?

Other concerns re: micro-management are the wiki managers -- why some wikis but not all? I still haven't gotten a straight answer. Y'know, I like my wiki managers although I realize they're "spies." It's true so why hide the fact? Yet not all the wikis I manage have one and only one of the two is helpful.

Last, but not least, I wonder how long it will be before Wikis become only fill-in-the-blank pre-formatted pages with little or no opportunity for editor creativity or flair. This, of course, would be a boon for advertisers, but not editors.

I may be foolishly concerned about a topic so trivial in a world full of great suffering, but it's a corner of the world in which I spend my hobby-time, so it's a stress-reducing outlet, just as it is for most. When the hobby begins to create stress maybe it's time to find a new hobby. And maybe that's the point of it all. Hmmm.

Thanks for listening. I really don't expect a response, but it would be appreciated as one person to another person.

Angelle 16:43, December 18, 2019 (UTC) 