User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/The first migrations to the Unified Community Platform/@comment-31617896-20201024194528/@comment-24264457-20201025181938

Recent Changes is a lot more technical and harder to read if you’re not used to it. I honestly didn’t really know it existed or what it was for until Wiki Activity was getting axed. I had looked at it maybe once or twice out of boredom in my entire almost 7 years on this platform. I just chalked it up with other advanced features like logs, not really something that needs to be looked at. Maybe if Recent Changes was more front and center like Wiki Activity is/was I would’ve looked at it more often and gotten used to it sooner. Having to switch to it suddenly is a pain.

Additionally, when they first axed Wiki Activity they said it was because it wasn’t serving its intended purpose of showing newer editors where activity was and it wasn’t being used that much. Then when everyone complained they were completely shocked at how many people used it for moderation. They’ve improved Recent Changes a bit but it’s nowhere near as easy to interpret as Wiki Activity. And if that’s what they’re using to have new people see where activity is then I’m not sure what they were thinking because I tried joining a UCP wiki and of course the first place I look is Recent Changes to where the action is. I could not understand it at all and just left. I’ve been here for years and have put up with quite a few shenanigans over the years and if I’m turned away by it I can only assume most new people are gonna be turned away as well.