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

I do have a Facebook account, but: 1. I barely use my account. 2. I don't want to be forced to use it. 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.

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 features too. Some are good, some are redundant, and some are just bad, but the main problems are the forced, drastic changes users are forced to cope with over short periods of time.

On the staff blog, it seems as though many users want this feature to be optional. I think it's a good compromise as it'll satisfy everyone who is for and against the idea of Facebook on talk pages. Then again, maybe someday, Wikia will eventually force everyone to use Facebook the new talk page interface after that.

I guess the main argument here is whether we should keep adding new social networking features to accommodate the new users, or to keep Wikia content-focused like Wikipedia, which is what the website is supposed to be all about. What does everyone here think the middle ground should be?