User blog comment:Cristina7/Introducing Discussions, a New Platform For Engaging Your Community/@comment-5275700-20161001024821/@comment-5275700-20161003191828

@Ottoman Hold -- we're not trying to dodge any questions. As one of the new answers on the FAQ states, we will endeavor facilitate a deeper understanding in the near future. Vengir's response certainly gets at part of the reason, though. There's already a somewhat fragmented set of ways to have conversations on Fandom and we don't want to simply add one more thing to the mix, increasing both maintenance costs and potential user confusion.