Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-20644-20141110180435/@comment-20644-20141118224358

Imamadmad wrote: The thing is, Twitter and Facebook are well-known entities which just about everyone is familiar with. That's the major difference between saying "my Twitter" and "my wikia". The general public just isn't conscious enough of Wikia as a brand for the name to become synonymous with the brand. How do you think this change will impact on those who know about wikis simply in relation to Wikipedia, the wiki with the biggest presence, rather than Wikia itself? Why do you think this will not alienate people not already familiar with the Wikia brand, which unlike Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Youtube etc isn't widely recognised across all people and all demographics of internet users?

I would also say that the public at large isn't that familiar with the concept of wikis in general. Everyone knows Wikipedia, sure, but being able to create your own wiki or wikia isn't a widely known concept. I think people, as editors, are overestimating and overstating the public's awareness of that. So what we're doing with this branding, as awareness of Wikia and the wiki concept grows, is strengthening what it means to be a community on Wikia in relation to other websites that have wikis.

So we definitely don't think that this will alienate people.

DEmersonJMFM wrote: Brandon Rhea wrote: Saying "my wikia," like "my Twitter" or "my Facebook," is not a new concept. First of all, please don't use "my" in front of wiki or wikia. This bugs me everytime someone does this. A wiki isn't mine or yours, it's the community's even if you are the only community there is. Secondly, yes it's not but weren't they doing this from the start? Wikia obviously wasn't so the subject in question had a different name (wiki).

I certainly know how ownership works. :)

Brands grow and evolve over time. Facebook, Twitter, etc started with it, sure, but this wouldn't be the first time a website has changed their branding either. Like I said above, I think people&mdash;being so close to the wiki concept as editors&mdash;are overstating how the public at large sees wikis.