User blog comment:Craiglpalmer/Wikia is now Fandom powered by Wikia/@comment-5706853-20160926204841

I don't normally talk about this on wikia, but I've been a part of various different fandoms for nearly ten years now (figuring that out made me feel old!) and I really don't think this name change is a good idea.

There have been various different companies/people over the years who have tried to make money from fandom and whilst I don't think that's entirely what you're trying to do - I don't like it and I don't think other fandom people will like it either.

Fandom for me is a social thing and a creative thing. Where people come together (largely, and for me completley, on the internet) to share their love of whatever it might be. But it isn't one particular website - it's people not a place and it certainly isn't centred on wikia or even wikis.

There is also the problem where calling yourself "Fandom" makes it seem like you are trying to speak for fandom or be fandom. You're not and you don't. You don't speak for us, you are not us. You are not a part of fandom you're a company.

This whole name change rubs me up the wrong way. It just makes me want to disagree with you. You're not fandom. You're not the home of fandom. You're a wiki farm. The word fandom has a meaning, it's not just something you can adopt and try to own.

BTW does this mean the words "fandom" and "Wikia: the home of fandom" are now copyrighted by you?

ETA: One thing I meant to add and forgot, is that this feels very much like a name chosen by people who don't really understand what fandom is and what it means to people. The people who have heard of the term fandom before probably wont like that you're now calling wikia fandom - and you'll just confuse most other people.