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** The complete de-wicking of [[Internet Backdraft]] in mid-2019. Those for it state that [[Internet Backdraft]] had a long history of being misused for negative fan reaction because of the definition of it being so vague, and that negativity did not belong on TV Tropes. Those against it were upset that over thousands of entries were wiped away based on the consensus of about 20 tropers and pointed out that instead of putting valid entries in their proper YMMV tropes as was discussed, the tropers doing the cleanup simply nuked everything without even bothering to try.
** Back in the site's older days, most tropes had a Troper Tales section where tropers could share funny little stories about those tropes happening in their day-to-day lives. However, it quickly became ''flooded'' with stories that tended to be either disgusting, bizarre, pretentious, blatant bullshit, or sometimes all at once, and after critical communities mercilessly tore into it, it was given the axe altogether. For a while, those that remembered them were of two minds: there are the optimists who think it had potential and deserves a second chance, while others feel that it's best left forgotten and unmourned, with the very concept being unsalvageable.
** The recent 'retirement' of Fighteer, a moderator known for his [[Hair-Trigger Temper]] (especially towards those who have been suspended for any reasons) in December 2022, is the cause of another potential rift in the userbase. Fighteer himself has admitted that he's like this to keep "troublemakers" in line and to intimidate trolls - he's been known to define "troublemaker" as anyone who disagrees with him, even long-standing members of the wiki - this led to his announced vacation near the end of December. While some critics
* [[Death of the Author]]: Strongly underlined the philosophy of troping as defined by the site around 2012.
* [[Fan Myopia]]: While part and parcel with a site made about fandom ''by'' fandom, this trope hit critical mass on the site in a frankly alarming manner and cemented its reputation as the domain of online pseudo-intellectualism and [[Fan Dumb]] incarnate - and that's without getting into what led to the Second Google Incident.
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