User blog comment:VickyC/Intro to Wikia’s Development Process/@comment-957747-20111013002022

What I see differently about Wikia's Development Process over other companies... Wikia releases eye candy features that look good, but simply don't work as planned. They are released in a mostly working state and 9/10 times never get completed. There are still reported bugs on all features released within the last year that has not been addressed.

Most of Wikia's features have promise, but it seems Wikia cuts off its nose despite its face in most of them. Feedback left is all read (according to staff) but rarely answered on key points that really ruin a project they are working on. Not only are they not answered, leaving users that take the time to report the issues, but it seems the issues themselves never get addressed. Bottom line is, it feels as if Wikia is too proud to admit mistakes and then decides to do nothing about them.

I was drawn to Wikia years ago, and believe me, it was a much better place. Community decisions were valued higher than Wikia's decision back then. If a Community didn't like a feature, Wikia would bend over backwards to accommodate. Now, we are told it may be our time to pack up and leave Wikia as our choice of a place to have a passionate Community.

Wikia constantly releases features that impose even more limitations on users rather than freedom. Yes, it may be good looking, it may even be a desired feature, but Wikia doesn't seem to like to compromise and find a middle ground between Corporate and the Communities like they have in the past.

I am still here... waiting for one day for Wikia to realize the hole they are digging and finding out how to dig themselves out of it. I really miss the days of Wikia working for the Communities rather than getting the feeling that they are working against them.