Jon the VGNerd

If anyone remembers Fandom (previously known as Wikia), then you know the platform is in a bit of a pickle. Why is that, you ask? Well, the platform site is run by staff that rule the site with an iron fist, not caring for Wikis that are abandoned and insist on having users adopt abandoned Wikis, especially if it's for nefarious reasons by opening the floodgates to allow trolls to run amok with litttle repercussions. And even allow the use of VPNs to circumvent around global bans with ease, which shows how tone deaf Fandom has become. And their staff are devoid of any reasoning as well, which shows how little they care for their community. Now, I know what you're thinking; what does that have to do with any of this? Well, have a look at this, though just to give a warning that it's likely going to trigger folks so proceed with caution. To give this a long story short, an admin doubling as a bureaucrat was defending a user's unforgivable actions from, to put it simply, assocating with a minor on Discord. Shocker, I know. And when a Fandom staff stepped in well, let's just say the flames only got hotter, and the other staff at Fandom started to enact global ban on folks left and right as a form of extreme damage control in order to silence everyone regarding the incident instead of changing their ToS altogether. Sadly, I was one of those folks that got the ultimatum because they sure as hell will not listen and instead resort to power tripping, which was basically the last straw. And it shows how little they value their own community as a whole. Because of this, it's likely caused a ripple effect towards other Wikis, though most are likely too indifferent about it, which isn't surprising. Surprisingly enough, this wasn't talked about throughout Twitter/X or even Bluesky. Even bigger YouTubers don't exactly talk about it too much, or are not too fully aware about the Fandom's awful nature. Especially when it comes to minors that use this platform that could potentially fall prey to other users that would do horrific actions towards them, and the Fandom either does nothing about this, or do something about this but more out of pragmatic reasons. Even then, Fandom is willing to silence any and all controversy by any means necessary as to avoid any and all form of legal action against them. And granted, most folks on many Wikis are powerless against Fandom because they rule the site with an iron fist, and I can't fault them. But surrendering themselves to them only gives them more power for them to openly abuse unless they officially cut ties from Fandom and move on to different sites, namely WikiDot, Wiki.gg or any other independent Wiki sites. So for those who are familiar with Fandom, or have never heard of Fandom before, the site has long since been glorified with users who predate on others and be able to make new accounts on a whim because VPNs fall into the wrong hands very often, and they also allow trolls to vandalize bigger Wikis in case founders and users leave their platform for their ill-gotten gains for the sake of revenue. And if they were to somehow find a way to block AdBlockers of all kinds (uBlock included) in order to shove in more of their intrusive ads, then the future of Fandom is looking incredibly bleak. That's just my two cents, but you people will get the idea.

Helldivers 2. As popular as the game is, the community itself has a serious toxicity problem, and they love to act all high and mighty as well.

Now, before I proceed any further, please note that if this thread ends up going overboard, I'll understand if a moderator/admin locks this thread because heated arguments are never a good thing, just a heads up is all. What forums have you previously joined before you left for a number of reasons? I had a few number of forums joined prior to leaving: Game Informer: Its one of the biggest forums I had ever joined back in 2006, and despite the ups and downs, still had a good time throughout the years. However, after years went by, at least in 2010, the forums had a huge update which halted all activity altogether, with many older users having left en masse and never returned ever since, moved on as well. I returned and tried to find signs of life in the forums, but it seems that the Game Informer forums have since become a ghost town. Nobody was posting anything at all so it's basically just an empty void. ScrewAttack: I joined there because of Death Battle, obviously. Unfortunately, my activities were sparse over there and it's become a huge request-fest with poor matchups as well, including other people who nitpick at others, even though their suggestions are right. The community itself is rather questionable, in terms of activity, especially since the majority of posts are solely focused on Death Battles; every other thread sections are a total wasteland. I like the forums, but at the same time, I don't like it because of the community environment. SCS Software forums: Notably popular for the games such as Euro Truck Sim 2 and American Truck Sim, though the community itself goes a long way, especially from the lack of adequate moderation (and if there is, it's because they don't like quotes from a previously posted thread and remove them on sight). And then you have plentiful of people who get seriously snippy at others for pointing out flaws, even though users have the right to either criticize or praise one's work yet they clearly start instigating on one another over the smallest mistakes, including mods that were not up to date. I won't lie, there are certain amount of users (who also did their work as well for creating mods) tend to be openly hostile to other users and issues are often never resolved from heated arguments due to nonexistent activity from both moderators and admins who are not always active. There you have it.