User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Why Fandom Evolves: A Look Ahead in 2017/@comment-10370-20170112143345/@comment-5558012-20170112235934

Back to the idea that everyone can't be pleased (in this regard because of the process). Many users have complained in the past when Wikia practically finished a feature and released it only to receive harsh criticism that they have almost zero input (because the feature was practically finished when it was released). Now, as with Discussions, Fandom is attempting to move away from that idea by releasing features that are less finished (but at their base level are functional) in order to hear more about what users would like out of the feature while they collect data. Discussions isn't (in my opinion) close to finished though I support the idea of allowing more user involvement in the development process, at the expense that we aren't going to be given a nearly complete feature at the initial release. That being said, I think Staff were too quick to be making Discussions default on new wikis when many necessary product features haven't been developed.

I've seen many people speaking very ill of Discussions when they should realize 1) it's not finished and 2) it wasn't intended to be finished when released. People need to stop calling it a failure and offer civil and objective feedback on what they would like to see included within the feature instead. If Fandom one day states Discussions is complete and certain key features are missing/inadequate, I'll be definitely making my voice heard (as others should too), but there's no need to speak trash about it until that day comes.