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nubinetwork ◴[] No.43951023[source]
Glad to hear, fandom is a horrible website to use
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bertil ◴[] No.43953063[source]
What are your concerns with Fandom?
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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 Of course the entire community of editors will have moved on, so this heavily outdated Fandom wiki full of ads and other elements trying to catch your attention and keep you on the site, will rank above the independent ad-free and active wiki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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wizzwizz4 ◴[] No.43954577[source]
The https://getindie.wiki/ browser extension helps mitigate that problem.
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1. nubinetwork ◴[] No.43955237[source]
Why should anyone download extra crap for a crap website? I'll pass.
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2. wizzwizz4 ◴[] No.43955366[source]
Because it helps keep you from accidentally visiting that website.