I'm all for seeing wikis leave them because it'll be a huge usability win. Fandom can still fill the gap for small niche wikis that don't want to deal with hosting and such, but larger established wikis using their own platform will be great.
I'm all for seeing wikis leave them because it'll be a huge usability win. Fandom can still fill the gap for small niche wikis that don't want to deal with hosting and such, but larger established wikis using their own platform will be great.
I think Google is partially to blame as it seems to rank Fandom pages way higher than self-hosted wikis.
Stupid question, why do they need to make money? I thought they are maintained by volunteers. For hosting?
From the Fandom Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(website)):
> The privately held, for-profit Delaware company was founded in October 2004 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley. Fandom was acquired in 2018 by TPG Inc. and Jon Miller through Integrated Media Co.
But note that Jimmy Wales was a founder as well.