User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Why Fandom Evolves: A Look Ahead in 2017/@comment-3359255-20170111185656/@comment-24458012-20170113175859

@Brandon - as others have already said - the target audience for most of the recent big changes seems to be the same crowd as that of other networking sites. The ones who want a quick fix, a light-hearted exchange of social banter and no headaches.

We, your current Wiki editing crowd on the other hand are mostly nerds. Passionate enough about a specific topic to put in huge amounts of our precious spare time adding minute detailed information about that topic. And, we are the kind of people who tend to be put off by gimmicks and signs of dumbing down because for that we already have our FB, Twitter etc. Which means that the long term outlook of getting committed editors like us, who are willing to invest a lot of time in creating high quality Wikis in a place that looks more and more like a social networking site, is not good. We are simply not attracted by those features you get excited about. I totally believe you when you say that the opinions here and on Wiki forums do not represent the millions of users - what they do reflect though is those thousands who are actually doing the work. Maybe commercially it will be more profitable to appeal to the many with sites brimming with short videos, jazzy looks and gadgetry but overall, I believe that there is a danger that Wikia is going to lose the 'real fandom' nerds, the ones willing to put in the hard work.

Having said that, I suppose there is hope that someone else is then going recognise the gap once filled by Wikia and create a new home for us. Sadly, it is all about money in the end, I suppose and given the choice of making millions with a blockbuster few directors choose to create a low budget art film instead. Egwene of the Malazan Empire (talk) 17:58, January 13, 2017 (UTC)