Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-8-20190319212423/@comment-168424-20190326001745

So the problem with any feature that locks users out is more dependent on the lack of error reporting or inaccurate error messaging than it is the feature itself. Sure a user would be confused if they couldn't use something and got no info on why.

I mean if you design features with some thought and planning without just throwing them out there and seeing what sticks, they may actually work better. I wish I could say FANDOM dev acted like a real software dev org, but as long as I've followed them, they mostly don't. I've been working for various types of software companies from Apple, to Microsoft, to medium-sized companies, to startups in SW engineering for almost 30 years now and FANDOM always seemed like it was run by amateurs. Maybe the problem is the web software dev culture (every bug can be patched quickly so just throw it out there), but that doesn't explain everything.