User blog comment:Sannse/Your First Look at the New Wikia/@comment-67.141.243.112-20100827011531

I am just a recent user of wiki for about a year or so now; not that I have written any articles, because I haven't (though I have considered it briefly, if nothing more than to correct the grammar and spelling mistakes I sometimes see). I am a World of Warcraft gamer, and I like WoWwiki very much because I enjoy reading an encyclopedic knowledge of the game world and it helps me in my play.

I have been reading extensively this evening the comments from both the wiki mangagment and its users about the new changes being made to this particular wiki universe. And now I feel moved to comment.

To the staff that are making this change, I have this to say: You people are really fucking up big time! The only conclusion I can draw is that the people running this wiki show are not only uncaring and unfeeling to the needs and wishes of the majority of its users, but they are also being very stupid. They are stupid because they know they will lose users and they don't care one wit about that. And not only that, they are behaving like a dictator. Apparently the company despots running this particular wikimedia are going to do what they want and the rest of us, according to the attitude they have exhibited, can go to hell. Their language smells of this attitude, even if it is somewhat veiled.

I don't like despots. I don't like people telling me what to do. Neither do a majority of the users who have objected and already voiced their opinions. There is only one thing you can do with tyrants and totalitarians. You bring them down! And hard!

What am I suggesting? Well leaving this wiki for another and moving the products of your soul and sweat to another site is one thing you can do, as others have stated they will do if wikia goes through with their plans without giving their subjects an opt-out feature. But that is not enough. You must hit them where it really hurts--their pocketbook! Since they made a good profit over the years, according to the link that one poster made, I think they do not deserve to keep those profits if this is how they are going to treat the people who helped them make their succes with such abuse!

How does one affect their wallet? Well, you go after their advertisers! Who is funding this wikia? Pay particular close attention to their ads and see who is sponsoring them. Those users who have noticed the ads at any length know who those advertisers are. And once you find that out, you place an economic embargo on the advertisers. You don't have to buy their products, You can encourage others not to buy their products too, and state why. Users of this medium can organize together and picket Wikia's advertisers. Hell, you can even demostrate against Wikia at their own headquarters. Make the sombitches pay, and pay hard!

Those of you who don't want this change have power. You only thing you need to do is use it.