User blog comment:Cristina7/Introducing Discussions, a New Platform For Engaging Your Community/@comment-5143323-20160916141013/@comment-6100947-20160919203037

I enabled Forums on my wiki because I want an actual FORUM to discuss wiki stuff. This Reddit/Twitter replacement known as Discussions is just a way for Wikia to eliminate a proper means of actual wiki discussions in favor of small talk that does not contribute to the growth of a wiki.

Wikia is obviously changing the site to be more of a fansite farm than a wiki farm. Why they don't just leave Wikia as a wiki farm and create another site to be a fansite farm is beyond me.