User blog comment:Toughpigs/Wikia's new Forum demo/@comment-3466295-20120727085133

I admit I'm not one who uses forums much, personally I prefer good ol' talkpages. That aside, I do somewhat enjoy the way the forums are now: easy to use, and not full of excess nonsense. This, however, is ridiculous. Wikia is a wiki farm, not Facebook - first chat, then message wall, then this - it seems as if Wikia is trying to emulate Facebook more and more. The forums as they are are good - leave good enough alone.

Also, I don't see how up-votes in a forum on an online encyclopedia (for lack of a better term) are that useful - this isn't Reddit or some other site. I do realise some people will no doubt love this update to the forums, as some did with the message wall, but for me it seems a case of making Wikia more catered to new editors while leaving the experienced editors in the dust.