Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25150955-20160909010405/@comment-168424-20170114172635

AWikiBoy521 wrote: It's probably already stated by other users but, I had to say about this.

Why not Wikia replace forums with new and improved forums instead? They should do something like make a new "system" for forums that is similar to Discussions which is easier to maintain for. Better yet, make the interface (as close as possible) and the all of the features available from the old forums to the new forums. That will make both old and new users get used to it and solve other problems like "discussing mainspace changes" while still getting the benefits of the newer system.

No "Discussions" name since it's more complex to be called as; just use the same new "Forums" but with a better system and new features. That will at least solve most of the problems for both Wikia and its users.

If only the Wikia staff can see my suggestion but, I doubt that they would ever learn from it due to the massive "suggestions" they received.

Here is the typical pattern of Wikia development:
 * Create a quick and dirty feature with minimal long term design or planning and call it an MVP (minimum viable product).
 * Then it goes down one of three paths (only one we really care about):
 * Kill it before users see it.
 * Beta test it with users and then kill it.
 * Allow it to live for at least a few months as a real feature with some immediate improvements or not.
 * Improve it sporadically.
 * Lack of long term design and planning makes it either not do what Wikia wants from a business perspective (can't put enough ads in it, doesn't work well enough on mobile, etc.) or too hard fix the bugs that need to be fixed, so kill it and either replace it with another MVP or not.