Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5810007-20200514195154

"Discussions" is essentially just a feed of comments. It's like a chatroom but it's not live. Why is this feature so poorly organized?

Please take a look at this Discussions thread on the DB wiki. Compare it to this random blog post from 8 years ago. Does anyone think the Discussions thread is easier to read and navigate? I find it kind of absurd that blogs, which have existed for nearly a decade at this point, are way more user-friendly and readable than Discussions.


 * Why can't you directly reply to individual comments? Like I mentioned before, Discussions is basically a linear feed of comments. Anything you comment will just be thrown to the bottom of this linear feed. Almost all other social media platforms allow you to reply to individual comments. Take Reddit, Twitter, or Youtube for example - can you imagine how much of a mess those websites would be if every reply was just chucked to the bottom of a feed?
 * Why can't you adjust the size of images so they don't take up the entire screen?
 * Why can't you put multiple polls in a single post? The Dragon Ball wiki's Discussions feed is almost always flooded with "WHO WOULD WIN PART 12" type posts.
 * Why isn't there a setting to auto-display all comments so you don't have to spam click "view older replies" and have it load only 10 comments each time?
 * Why can't administrators pin posts? That's a really basic function that would be insanely useful on any larger wiki.
 * Why can't administrators change the articles in the "explore" section?
 * This one's a bit of a nitpick, but why is the spacing on the "guidelines" page so weird? It's not typed out that way in the editor.

Is anyone else a little confused on why FANDOM insists on pushing this unfinished feature so hard? 