User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/The first specifics on the Unified Community Platform/@comment-26063280-20191017062444

I'm really glad you guys have decided to start providing actual updates regarding changes you plan to make on a global scale but (and this may just be me) I feel like this blog post doesn't actually say anything outside of what features you plan to remove.

Like, how exactly will ads be changed? Will there be more of them and will they be more intrusive? The changes to the search engine also make it seem similar to the "search the entirety of Wikia" idea that Reddit (used to?) employs, and I don't know how that's a good thing (hopefully I'm just misunderstanding) - it seems like you're prioritizing people trying to explore the entire site rather than making it easier to find what people actually want to find.

On the brighter side, none of the features being removed are things I'd personally miss, so I guess that's fine for me (though a lot of these features are popular and I'd hope replacements are being discussed). Finally upgrading MediaWiki seems like a good thing too, and I hope that this means it you guys are thinking of adding in the Vector skin (or other MediaWiki-supported skins) to the Wikia-side of things, though I won't hold my breath on that front.