| ▲ | KingMob 4 hours ago |
| This is a shame because Fandom is frequently terrible, but also consumes all the oxygen. |
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| ▲ | rob74 an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| One hand washes the other: they buy ads from Google (I think), so Google prefers them in the indexing process, so they get more traffic, so Google prefers them even more. |
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| ▲ | nephihaha 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| It depends on which part. It is certainly heading down the same route as Wikipedia with all the problems that entails. You're usually better off on a smaller Fandom wiki as it won't have beeb taken over yet. The James Bond wiki is particularly bad, but Memory Alpha seems to be better run. |
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| ▲ | rob74 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Well at least Wikipedia doesn't pester you with tons of ads that sometimes make it hard to even find the content (except for the occasional donation banner, but that's a minor annoyance compared to what Fandom does). | | |
| ▲ | thaumasiotes an hour ago | parent [-] | | > except for the occasional donation banner, but that's a minor annoyance compared to what Fandom does Well, I guess that's true. It's worth noting, though, that wikipedia's donation demands cover more than the entire screen on a phone. | | |
| ▲ | account42 an hour ago | parent [-] | | It's also worth noting that both Wikipedia and Fandom were co-founded by Jimmy Wales. | | |
| ▲ | thaumasiotes an hour ago | parent [-] | | Well... why? Is he involved with either of them now? Is there a shared persisting influence of some kind? |
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| ▲ | einpoklum 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > It is certainly heading down the same route as Wikipedia with all the problems that entails. Can you elaborate on what that means? i.e. what aspect of Wikipedia, and in what way Fandom is heading there? |
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