Current Events > My baseless theory as to why Fandom is making these decisions

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Out of all the properties Fandom owns, the only one that's financially viable is Wikia, and that's only because of how overwhelmingly popular it's become with children making entire Wikis devoted to the dumbest shit imaginable. More Wikis = more ad revenue. If you think it's hyperbole, look for yourself. We went from there being really thought-out, complex Wikis for all kinds of fandoms to people making zero effort Wikis for fan fiction, headcanons and even ridiculously specific shit like television logos.

If you look at Fandom's other properties, they're all associated with older demographics. GameFAQS never got with the times and got superceded by YouTube guides and its classic board system doesn't appeal as much as random Discord chats. GameSpot's written articles don't get as much engagement and ad revenue as their online video content. Giant Bomb has been slowly dying and its YouTube presence is pretty middling. I won't even mention TV Guide since it's been irrelevant for years and years.

I think Fandom is just interested in trimming the fat and getting rid of what they don't see as immediately financially viable, but without actually spending time and money towards improving the properties they have outside of strangely making it more easy to make zero-effort Wikia pages.

Fandoms MO it is pretty much just continually worsening any property they own.