Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-2240864-20181203165052/@comment-10502460-20181206065313

Yes, I very much think it might, but honestly I don't think the switch to Discussions is a sign of it getting worse. I think people are just on-edge over anything that brings us into contact with global staff, understandably so given the other stuff Ned mentioned.

It also depends somewhat on how much Fandom decides it still needs us as a flagship wiki. We're still pretty big compared to a lot of other Wikia sites, but we don't generate near the traffic we used to for Fandom. And lately Fandom has been trying really hard to rebrand itself as a kind of mega-encyclopedia/community for people who are really into nerd culture and go to cons and vintage shops and stuff, and not just a place to make wikis. They may eventually decide that we don't fit into that puzzle and try to get us to leave.

The first thing that would probably happen would be banning of all NSFW material. From there they might increasingly crack down on anything they deem too disturbing or violent like Ned said. And like he said, they might eventually target stories using existing corporate IPs, although they may not care unless and until one of the companies themselves takes issue.

Those are the concerns I agree with. But getting rid of talk pages, getting rid of blogs and implementing a basic messaging system, forbidding PotM... I don't think any of that is going to happen. Fandom's "community" features/gimmicks are practically all it has going for it right now.