User blog comment:Ducksoup/Why Wikia Evolves/@comment-1142365-20150618205838/@comment-24739709-20150619194426

If you just want a place to type and save some words, then any free wiki farm will do. Wikia is much more than that.

We put work into search engine optimization, so users who search for "AK47u stats", this is the first Google result. We keep the lights on and make sure everything at Wikia remains 100% free to users. We're a central hub for fandom; you can read about Sonic the Hedgehog and then write some Sonic fanon on the same site. Wikia is a bridge between fans and.

Wikia and its staff work hard to provide value to you, the users. We don't bat 1.000, of course, but we always want to hear you out if you disagree with the direction we're going.

And - personal side note - I absolutely guarantee that you could never find a company staffed with folks more dedicated to fandom. Just ask User:BertH - he's got a more-or-less encyclopedic knowledge of Star Trek. Or step to User:Brandon Rhea about Asajj Ventress. So we're on the same team - we all want Wikia to be great. How we get there is an ongoing conversation, but it's one we're happy to have.