User blog comment:Susanolivia/Experience the new Wikia/@comment-44061-20100930035501

I find it interesting that Sarah answers only the basic technical questions and users who are docile to what is currently taking place. The common answer given is "However, we are taking a lot of time to listen and consider what the community is saying, that’s also why we’re running both private and public beta testing. Not every piece of feedback will bring a change but we do listen to and consider every piece of feedback. Something else to keep in mind is that while something may not change right now, we have a lot of stored feedback that we’ll continue to keep in mind and go over later, too."

Lets be realistic the staff is not listening or considering any feedback at all. The beta tests ran about a 2 weeks or so and couldn't have achieved anything within that small amount of time. The vast majority of Wiki's have noted their issue with the names under the pics and the big right sided bar that takes up 3 inches of content out of the 9 they currently leave you. Instead of addressing these issues which is unanimous among wiki's, its a blatant we dont care. The constant talk of community and working together is contrary to the negative feedback that has been given about this and peoples lack of being heard. I am not against a new look but i am where content is put on the chopping block for it. To go from 11 inches to 6 is a disgrace the reasoning for is pathetic. In my wiki we have to destroy most of the content to fit in the small narrow space for content because the staff believes people are lacking in intelligence to figure how to use a wiki. So now every wiki has to be the same with the same lack of content. But its ok cause we can customize it, which means we can talk to our communities about what pretty colors and background to use. The funny thing is its the wiki's that have generated the popularity of the company and its the wiki's that get walked over. How else can we explain the large amount of disregard for user issues. Placating people with nice things that you think they wanna hear so that they feel like their being heard doesn't always work.