User blog comment:Craiglpalmer/Wikia is now Fandom powered by Wikia/@comment-25648422-20161001102253


 * sighs* This has been really disappointing.

Recently, after enduring three days without internet connection, I return to check up on Wikia again, only to find the global navigation bar revamped to a much more (I'm being pretty honest here) unattractive style. A few revamps ago, the global navigation bar looked fine. Now it isn't.

And not only that. When you scroll down a page that you are browsing too much, the global navigation bar disappears. I rembered it being steadily fixed to the top of the screen before. Additionally, you can no longer scroll up or down your list of notifications in every wiki you are notified from in mobile unlike you used to.

Yes sure, the entire Wikia network is composed of communities who belong to various different fandoms, but judging by the various page titles I see on wikis through the browser tabs, there are occurrences when the word "fandom" doesn't exactly fit in. For example, Cocktails Wiki. The words "Cocktail Fandom" sound absolutely unecesarry, as cocktails are not at all considered "fandoms" of some sort. Years ago, we used to have the ability to customize the wording on pagetitles. Now, we no longer have the ability to do so, and now, every pagetitle in every wiki goes by one format: Pagename|Wiki name|Fandom powered by Wikia.

Even if Wikia did not have the term "Fandom" beside it, Wikia has already been a popular site. I do hope that Wikia truly considers all the constructive criticism that have been given by various users. Ever since the announcement of the Discussions feature, more disappointing updates begin to show up.

And lastly, judging by how Wikia is set up as now, this site is more of like "Fandom" than "Wikia". It is as if Wikia was completely changed into something completely different.