Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3026053-20130621001540/@comment-1519608-20130621020230

I understand that Wikia is bound to comply with US laws including COPPA. But I'm disappointed that there wasn't more dialog between Staff and the communities affected by this lockdown, prior to the official announcement. If some action had to be taken, then it would have been good to at least see if there was the possibility for a compromise while still enforcing the letter of the law.

On another note, this is disconcerting, even as a member of a wiki that isn't affected by this lockdown. Aside from the fact that it seems unfair to apply different standards to different wikis based on an apparently arbitrary criteria, I'm concerned that there might be a need or a desire down the road to lock down anon editing on all wikis. That would be a devastating outcome.