User blog comment:Cook Me Plox/What do you want to see from Wikia?/@comment-1427921-20111023113339/@comment-1997905-20111023190820

A user from Avatar wiki mentioned in IRC that when they had phpBB forums (which Joeyaa apparently gave them), they were spammed constantly and eventually removed for that reason. On isolated wikis, it may not be a problem, but if it were to be rolled out to every wiki, it could very well become a massive problem - and let's be honest, Wikia isn't likely to make it optional.

I will also admit that I'm not entirely sure how I would want to get a community going - but I can say I definitely wouldn't want to do it the way it's currently being done. As someone who's primarily a scripter, I haven't given much thought to it.