User blog comment:Nathan Pirate/Public Service Announcment Regarding The UCP./@comment-10502460-20200615083947

You know, I really don't like most of the UCP changes myself, but the whole "Who asked for this/why does this need to be done?" question has been answered by Mr. Woodhouse and the other staff about a thousand times now. The people who keep insisting that no one asked for it or needs it are missing the fact that the overwhelming majority of Fandom users are casual editors and lurkers who aren't into the whole "community" thing and aren't attached to Wikia traditions of doing things. That's just something we need to accept.

"Well, who put him in charge ? He has barely been around for 1 year but he is the global lead!"

That's how 21st century businesses work, dude. Tech companies especially cannot afford to limit their pool of applicants for important positions to internal staff, and qualified people can't be wasted doing low level menial stuff if they've already got the requisite experience just to prove that they can do it. In fact, the same goes for much of life. Retail managers and supervisors often got hired directly from other chains. Imagine how inefficient it would be if they had to start at the bottom as basic employees every time they wanted to work at another store. It would be a tremendous waste of time and experience for both parties.

I realize I'm white knighting here, but starting out your post with "Mr. Woodhouse respond to this call-out if you dare" and then repeating the same arguments that have been disposed of dozens of times already that amount to little more than "we like the platform the way it is please don't change it" is not going to get staff to take your complaints seriously.