User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Why Fandom Evolves: A Look Ahead in 2017/@comment-10370-20170112143345/@comment-27583260-20170215154154

Toughpigs, they haven't failed. In some communities, it's been very successful. The thing to note is that it takes a very different skill-set, talent, and approach to make it function properly compared to 'forums'. Attempting to 'admin' the 'discussions' in the same way one does with 'forums' is a recipe for failure. Not all 'admins' can be good 'mods' and not all 'mods' can be good 'admins'.