User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/The Future of Gamepedia/@comment-45165680-20201104230646/@comment-3182821-20201105151620

You say "Scared of Change" - but when everyone's been struggling to deal with the UCP changes, it's more a reasonable prediction based on recent experience than "Scared". If a dog just bit you, are you "just scared" it'll bit you again while it's still growling?

However I completely agree with you about the lack of focus from Fandom. It feels a lot like Yahoo did maybe 10 years ago, focused entirely on getting clicks, not on providing reasons for people to visit. Yes it's important to show up well in the SEO, but that's not all that matters! It's the same trend as the viral content farms on Youtube, posting absolute dross that appeases the Great and Mighty Algorithm, to be watched by bots generating views and likes - where's the humans in the question?

Fandom - clue in the name - is powered by Fans. We're happy to generate content for free to benefit our little special interest bubbles. I think anyone with any common sense recognises there needs to be a profit for the hosts, advert revenue is essential to keep the lights on, and that's ok. But Fandom need to keep the primary focus on their unpaid content creators - the editors - with profit as second priority, because without the editors there is no profit!