User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Wiki Video Types and How You Can Create Them/@comment-4457974-20170425151647

I've noticed in replies to several comments, the Fandom staff has emphasized that some people prefer consuming information via video. While true, I would imagine that most people, when going to Wiki pages, would prefer to consume information via text, because that's typically why you go to a Wiki to begin with. If you're hankering for a video, you'd probably go to some site that's actually focused on videos, such as YouTube. I don't think Wikia needs to be all things to all people. It's better to focus on the thing people are actually likely to go to your website for. This doesn't mean Wiki videos can't be a thing, but it does have implications for how they're going to be integrated in pages and how much focus they're going to have, IMO.

I have been noticing how Wikia has been transitioning into more of an all-purpose entertainment site (complete with renaming itself to Fandom), but that doesn't change the fact that, when people are going to a Wiki, it generally means that they're looking for text information. In a way, I really do appreciate that you're actually trying to integrate relevant Fandom content into Wikia articles as opposed to just advertising a bunch of unrelated Fandom articles or stuff like that, but at the same time, the specific way you're doing things seems a bit misguided, because it prioritizes less important content over more important content. I know that this is all in an attempt to fix your problems with too many ads, but it seems to be creating a new problem.