User blog comment:Susanolivia/Experience the new Wikia/@comment-1248963-20100926055637

I needed less than two minutes in each of those wikis to know that this New Look is simply not working. The articles look cluttered and crumpled in those mini content-spaces smashed between those gigantic sidebars that serve no purpose at all. It seems like the new look is too much about making publicity to other wikis and has forgotten about each Wiki's individual interests. Seriously, I could careless about those gigantic Wikia spotlights that now have taken over the right side of the page when I'm actually trying to READ THE ARTICLE. They distract me and bother me to no end.

I also see no use in adding the uploader name at the bottom of every picture. I thought Wikis were a Community about group work, not individuals signing their names in articles. It's ridiculous and adds nothing to the article itself. What purpose does it serve to know, if I want to know about the Venus Fly Trap, that the picture was uploaded by whoever it was? I'm learning nothing at all. And some users have gigantic names, or names in All-Caps, or things like "xhdvhskaigl" that will look oh-so-lovely in the articles. It's absurd at best.