User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Prototype for a new article layout/@comment-3081202-20141211222714/@comment-452-20141212180232

Being an adblock user, I see no ads ever. But I'm not just a user, I'm a heavy contributor and an admin, so I have to be aware of how other people view the wiki.

I already have to deal with the widespread notion that wikis are inherently wrong because "anyone can add anything they like", and I try to dispel that as best I can.

I'm already aware that many people don't think very highly of Wikia due to the existing ads, and I've made changes to the wiki skin to highlight the difference between the "content" area and the "navigation and ads" areas.

These changes undo a lot of what I've tried to achieve, and really undermines my contributions as a whole.

Whether or not I personally see the ads isn't the issue, because I thought I was contributing to a site that was better than other sites who mix ads with the content, but this change is basically a bait and switch.