User blog comment:Craiglpalmer/Wikia is now Fandom powered by Wikia/@comment-26440657-20160930222259/@comment-30119957-20161001225946

I just don't see the issue here. I've read about half the comments and there are only a few that have constructive suggestions. Lots of people ask for "proof" that Fandom isn't the worst word they could have possibly chosen. I'm guessing they did some kind of survey or market analysis of the term. Companies don't just make a change like this on a whim. They usually do some kind of market research and if that research showed this was a bad idea I doubt they would have done it just to annoy us.

I don't see any negative connotation with the word "fandom" and it reflects what the majority of the communities I've seen on wikia are. Out of 300,000+ wikis I'm not surprised some don't fit. Even if your wiki is about the Vietnam War and you've documented all the horrible battles and events during that time, you're still a "fan" of Vietnam War history so fandom still applies. At least from the wikipedia description here: Fandom

I voted "I don't care much" because I think whatever they do to keep the site up and free for me I'm pretty ok with it as long as it doesn't break the site.