User blog comment:Craiglpalmer/Introducing Fandom/@comment-5448890-20160128215245

I realize my input doesn't matter, but as a longtime administrator of a fanon wiki, I'm adding my two cents since this will affect my home wikia most.

"There's not a natural place for that kind of content on our communities."

Well, there was. And me and every other Fanon wiki admin have been representing it for years. But you blew it off.

Now, I wonder why?

Could it be because of this? Because now you have a way to get professional-looking content written by people you aren't paying on a site you lot started to host fan-made content. It's literally the Wiki twin of Buzzfeed. The saddest part is, people actually spend a lot of time writing OC for Wikias and while they get no credit, it's a great hobby. But this is something more. Wikia's acting like this is a way for people to present their OC in a professional and noteworthy manner, but this isn't going to help people who honestly want or need to get their name out there.

I like the goal of the program, but that terminology is shady. We're not going to be professional writers - we're going to be unpaid content creators, at best. If Wikia wants this idea to get really popular really quick, they could introduce some kind of optional ads system (like YT does) and pay content writers a little bit every month out of the revenue. Even 10 bucks a month is something someone would be glad to get from some articles they write. I just don't like the idea of people not getting paid to do something they could do truly professionally elsewhere, if they're actually quality writers.