User blog comment:Cristina7/Introducing Discussions, a New Platform For Engaging Your Community/@comment-5275700-20160909212124/@comment-452-20160919155925

Well said, SforHope. I agree with every point you've made.

It's odd to see your comments being attacked, because they're 100% correct. Wikia Staff saying things doesn't change that, because actions speak louder than words.

My main issue with the New Forums has always been "It's an unfinished piece of trash". And now, they're telling us it's going to be replaced with ...an unfinished piece of trash. And they expect us to get excited about that?

They never finished the new forum, they abandoned it, like most new features.

A common problem in software development... and many other fields, is the "last mile" or "final hurdle" (and likely many other terms) of putting the finishing touches on a feature. The biggest positive feedback comes from getting the main features working, after that there's diminishing returns for the amount of effort expended. Due to bugs, particularly with interoperability, being frequently found later in the development progress, this often results in bug handling being poor, or a feature not meshing well with other systems. Websites, and the "we can always patch it later" mentality of the internet in general, only make this problem worse. The rate at which Wikia stops work on features before ever completing them shows that they either suffer greatly from programmers losing interest, or have organisational issues resulting in pushing features out the door before they're finished. I don't know how to fix either of these issues, but then again, I'm not a multimillion dollar corporation with hundreds of employees and billions of pageviews.

tl;dr: There is no reason for anyone to trust that Wikia will ever finish discussions.