Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30113641-20190303143811/@comment-17753176-20190303175242

I concur with Korra, Alex, and pretty much everyone here. Chat was an effective tool to provide a quick response to small and large questions or issues. Ironically, all the places that once advertised chat still do, but link it in the red.

Frankly, CC and Staff should take a more hands-off approach to Wikia as a whole. They are supposed to be more behind-the-scenes in maintaining the network and keeping excessive drama, vandalism, damage, disputes, etc. to a minimum and brining it to everyone's attention only when necessary.

However, I've noticed the CC, Staff and everyone involved in the precious higher up rankings of Wikia are becoming much more authoritarian over the years. The problem has escalated over time (I've been on ESB and CC since 2013) and continues to get worse. They believe to be doing all of us a service, when in actuality they are doing a disservice to most, without ever considering what productive users have to say.

Chat is just one element of this. Forums are another. Launching Discussions without having them actually ready or complete is another. Many things are building up and eventually they will crash down.