User blog comment:MEffect Fan/New wiki skin opinion/@comment-217683-20101014085427/@comment-2088100-20101014231927


 * shrug* I won't really try to convince you that it is reasonable. I just don't share your interpretation of his statement (after you paraphrased it).

I do agree that it's pretty weak to say "...We also have to respect the opinions of the 95% of the people who don't leave their opinions." But I don't think that's what he was saying. Wikia has access to data that we don't (click tracking and the like), which when interpreted can tell them whether a design decision is meeting their goals or not. It's possible that he means most of their data supports the decisions they've made with the new skin. Then again, I can't pretend to know how Kirkburn thinks, so maybe it really is just some BS (BAD STUFF) that I've accepted willingly.

I'll grant that it's not exactly comforting or compelling, but I assume that their defense of their decisions does at least have some supporting evidence. It would certainly be nice to see that data.