User blog comment:Godisme/Help protest the latest wikia feature/@comment-4820504-20111001005804

I do have Facebook, but: 1. I barely use my account. 2. I don't want to be forced to use my Facebook account as I don't want to expose my true identity. 3. I don't want to create a second account just to maintain it for Wiki talk pages; the new privacy settings on Facebook are enough to deal with.

This new requirement of signing up for Facebook just to comment on the talk pages on Wikia really is too far. To continue using the talk pages here on Wikia, you'll be forced either to compromise your privacy, or to create a new account to maintain. I'm starting to suspect Wikia has signed on a deal with Facebook to force users to use its interface.

Since the forced change to Oasis, Wikia has strayed a lot from Wikipedia in terms of interface. It's so strange because Wikipedia is a sister site to Wikia, and they're both online encyclopedias, at least, Wikia is supposed to be. Throughout its lifetime, Wikipedia has kept its interface for the most part and it still works well. Wikia is starting to turn into Facebook, with many of the sites' features getting changed every few months. Like Facebook, Wikia has also been adding lots of redundant features too, but the main problems are the forced, drastic changes users are forced to cope with over short periods of time. With Facebook gaining control of the talk pages, it seems as though things might get worse for Wikia users in the future.