User blog comment:Rappy 4187/Technical Update: November 23, 2016/@comment-26279466-20161124105515

The discussions feature looks promising, but it will be a rough transition for all of the communities that have grown to rely on the current forum system. My primary concerns are:
 * How do we tie articles into discussions? Let's not forget what wikia fandom is built upon: a fan-curated encyclopedia. The current forums make it very easy to link a thread to an article. This allows readers to find related discussions while browsing articles. I really wish this had been a more fundamental part of the article framework, like along the sidebar rather than down at the footer, but I guess it is too late for that now.
 * How do we customize discussions to fit our use-cases? The current forums have great customization potential using CSS and JS. Each community has different needs and the ability to have fine-tuned control over discussions would be a great asset to many of the volunteer staff that manage these communities.

As a side note, I had really hoped that wikia fandom would be trying to upgrade chat functionality before anything else, as that seems to be lacking in many ways, but I guess I will take what I can get in the form of updates.