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1. nubinetwork ◴[] No.43951023[source]
Glad to hear, fandom is a horrible website to use
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2. bertil ◴[] No.43953063[source]
What are your concerns with Fandom?
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3. aprilnya ◴[] No.43953125[source]
For one, when I visit the site on my phone, the bottom 25% of my viewport is taken up by their recommendation algorithm, the top 30% is usually but not always taken up by an autoplaying video completely unrelated to the topic or wiki I’m visiting, and so I’m left with a tiny piece in the middle of my screen actually containing the contents of the wiki page I’m trying to read.

They also hold wikis hostage by not allowing them to move to another platform and redirect/get rid of their Fandom wiki. This means that if any wiki tries to move to be independent, the Fandom wiki will keep existing, and usually will still be the first result on Google for a long while, maybe forever, because of Fandom’s SEO. Of course the entire community of editors will have moved on, so this heavily outdated Fandom wiki full of ads and other elements trying to catch your attention and keep you on the site, will rank above the independent ad-free and active wiki with up-to-date information on Google search.

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4. Macha ◴[] No.43953209[source]
Fandom would rather I do anything other than what I came to the site to do.

- Autoplaying barely related videos at the top as someone told them video content has better CPM

- "Have you tried looking at this page on another wiki?"

- So many ads

- Others like you viewed

- Would you like to join the discord?

- Fan Central?

5. GuB-42 ◴[] No.43953314[source]
Just go there without an ad-blocker and see for yourself. It is pretty bad even with an ad-blocker.

The worst part is that it wasn't always like that. When it started of as wikicities and then wikia, it was pretty good, very Wikipedia-like, which is to be expected considering its history. But it enshittified quickly as it became Fandom, all while making it hard to move the existing communities out of the platform.

6. bmacho ◴[] No.43953382[source]
I like Fandom it

    - has the content that I am looking for
    - the website is fast, lightweight, easy to read
I wish every website were more like Fandom.
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7. poly2it ◴[] No.43953510[source]
It adds a whole new meaning to reading between the lines.
8. wizzwizz4 ◴[] No.43954577{3}[source]
The https://getindie.wiki/ browser extension helps mitigate that problem.
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9. nubinetwork ◴[] No.43955237{4}[source]
Why should anyone download extra crap for a crap website? I'll pass.
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10. wizzwizz4 ◴[] No.43955366{5}[source]
Because it helps keep you from accidentally visiting that website.