Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-20644-20180423192744/@comment-9782468-20180428010058

Gotta say, I'm impressed with your professional approach to the matter overall.

However, here are some of my concerns.

So, the community here or on the other wikis don't really have a say in what's implemented, it's your video metrics? I mean, I suppose I can understand that from a business standpoint. But again, you keep saying we have a say and we can get involved. But we can only get involved in helping you implement a feature that we don't want?

Alright, you've probably done more research on the matter and can say with your information that the Videos have substantially helped. I hate them and I hate that they scroll with me, and a large majority of the users I've talked to agree, but you have the information. Lemme ask this;

Do you take the numbers in your metrics more seriously than the users and editors here? Metrics are one thing, but all of us here are regular people on our computers or phones as well. And we are giving you feedback based on our experience with the site. Are most of the editors here and in other wikis who dislike the Feature Videos really just the vocal minority?

When brands sell their products, sure they count their number of sales. And maybe they have metrics to show how long the customer kept and used their product, and maybe those numbers are good. But if the reviews are constantly saying that the product should be improved, does the brand just keep doing what it's doing instead of improving just because the numbers are okay?

Maybe. But I'd hope Wikia would take user input more into consideration.

In the end, I understand you have more information than we have. I get that based on the info you have, FANDOM decided to implement Feature Videos. And if the Feature Videos cut ads and loading time down for people, I'm glad that it was successful in that way.

But if we can only help implement a feature we don't want/understand and that's called community involvement, I'm not sure I'd call it a big success.