Wikia started out very differently. It became what it was slowly, over a long period of time. Miraheze is now the preferred wiki host of community-driven sites

Wikia started out very differently. It became what it was slowly, over a long period of time. Miraheze is now the preferred wiki host of community-driven sites, I hope that it will not eventually transform into Wikia/Fandom. Many of the other “wiki” sites on the net are just rehosting GFDL content and slapping ads on them, then trying to SEO to get ahead of real wikis. Blame Google for not coming up with a good solution on that one, IMO.