User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/Social Activity, the 2010 Editor, and Unpausing Migrations/@comment-172.56.23.128-20201104185951/@comment-43596541-20201105162656

I see the UCP migration more as an "infrastructure" project, like the US-Highway project of the 50's : It is necessary for further development and we need to think of all the "new features" it will make available, as the "suburbs" and new Cities the Highway System created .., But that was a trade-off: lots of "Main Streets" died for the sake of Progress ... So I see those opposing the UCP as the shop keepers and mayors of Route 66 or Routes 1 (each Coast has one) where the scenery was beautiful but traffic was "killing" progress and preventing people from efficient travel state and countrywide ...

As a (Blues)Driver on the Information Highway I can see both perspective but protesting the UCP will be as useful as trying to shut the Highway System so people keep using roads that meander through Main Streets ... That's the cost of "progress" ... In the case of FANDOM: it is a  case for REAL LIFE economic growth and fiduciary duty towards their shareholders that is at stake with antiquated infrastructure... So we better get used to the move because they won't "turn back time"... Remember they work "WITH" us but "FOR" their Board / Jimmy Wells and/or Private Equity firms. (see: https://news.crunchbase.com/news/wikia-raises-106-million-in-new-equity-funding/ )

IMO, all is left is upon us to make sure the new Suburbs / Cities are designed to fit their denizens needs and that if no City fits a new one is developped ... Older folks may be reminded of GeoCities that used that "neighborhood" paradigm with Web hosting.

And people disagreeing can make use of the Creative Common licensing and create their own Wiki hosting company using whatever WikiMedia version they prefer and find developpers that know that version and can adapt it. That's the beauty of living in a "free" World (^) ...

Now back to my scheduled gaming (^) ...