User blog comment:Annonnimus/Prepare for the Future!/@comment-2214246-20101003134640/@comment-1764044-20101003155643

Those wikis aren't leaving solely because of the 'new look'.


 * There's also the unconditional removal of 'monaco', if 'new look' was an option then it would be fine.
 * More strict Terms of use, which don't allow as much customization as they used to.
 * Forced 'fixed width', which messes up all the articles and templates.
 * Image attribution under every single image.
 * image slide-show on every article.
 * Accusations that wikia pays more attention to the advertisers than the users.
 * Wikia ignoring some of the feedback.
 * There are many more reasons, all of which can be found here

Wikia can't stay competitive with an out-dated look, but it will disintegrate if it looses all the contributors. So they are working thair asses of to make a compromise