User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/The future of Chat/@comment-7180588-20200805215336/@comment-4784321-20200805215800

There are 2-10 edits PER SECOND on Fandom. Lets say you get an average of 4 per second, that's 345,600 edits per DAY. Edits cause more traffic as there is more information, better information, SEO, etc. This feature cannot be replaced with anything.

In the other hand, you have chat, which has like 1000-2000 messages per day and brings NOTHING to Fandom. They do not get revenu from it but the cost of running the servers. Chat, in the other hand, can be replaced.