User blog comment:Sannse/Important Updates on Wikia’s New Look/@comment-737801-20100929011054

From the comments that are all over Community Central and the few that have gone answered I have come to the following conclusions. Bottom line, Wikia said “this is what we are doing, so while we asked for comments, we haven’t read any of them nor are we going to or make adjustments to the skin because it is perfect.” I really do invite any staff member to respond to this comment and prove me wrong. Because I really would like to be proven wrong and for the staff to actually respond to comments and make changes that apparently everyone wants. Don’t think that people want changes, then look around at all the wikis, the opinion of the community is that this is not good, the skin isn’t perfect, and changes need to be made.
 * 1) Wikia opened the beta to just see what we didn’t like, then they locked that into place so we can’t remove it.
 * 2) Wikia never cared about our suggestions as they have yet to respond seriously to any comment left by any user apart from the “this is what is best for Wikia.”
 * 3) Wikia hasn’t read, or discontinued reading, any comments that we have left, as they have yet to respond to anything in recent days
 * 4) Wikia just doesn’t care about the community that drives it and listening to just people who respond positively.
 * 5) We have yet to see any percentages of feedback, which for something like this, should be posted so we can see what is really going on.
 * 6) Wikia doesn’t care about anything but positive suggestions
 * 7) Wikia had only A ONE WEEK PUBLIC BETA. Since we don’t know how many people were let into the private beta, and we also don’t know how long that lasted, it seems that Wikia is basically saying, “here’s what we are doing, whether you like it or not.”
 * 8) With just the one week Beta and a set implementation schedule, Wikia has absolutely no time to evaluate any and all comments about the new skin before implantation and make adjustments accordingly. I’m sorry one week doesn’t cut it.
 * 9) Wikia never read any negative, or stopped reading negative comments about the new “improved” skin. No changes have been made since they opened the beta and no changes will be made, since they only care about positive comments and not negative ones. I welcome someone from the Staff to prove me wrong and respond to any comments about the sidebar, content space, loss of personalization options, and the several other hundred things that have been brought up. So far nothing apart from a PR spiel saying “We are doing what is best”.