User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Wiki domains will be changing from wikia.com to fandom.com in early 2019/@comment-27835151-20180829202347

Honestly i slightly dislike this change (and this includes the whole "FANDOM" branding aswell).

Not because of the definition of the brand's name but BECAUSE it will make the wiki site name even more UNRECOGNIZABLE for anyone who didn't knew or heard about FANDOM!

While yes, the website will be still the same, some regular internet users (who didn't even heard of a wiki being called "FANDOM") might think that FANDOM is just a regular fan website and not an encylopedia community about certain topics.

I am not hating them for doing this change, but the problem is just that the wiki hosting service will be seen like a different website to newcomers.