User blog comment:Magma-Man/Message Walls/@comment-1263839-20120201205325

Ok after a day, I have determined the pro's and con's of this new feature.

Pro's: Activity in 'talk pages' has increased threefold. People like to talk to eachover more Makes it easier to find specific talks

Con's: Replaces the Talk Page Privacy is out of the window Talk Pages have become more like blogs now, replacing the actual blogs almost The discussion is put at the top of the page each update, which means things like "Said this 7 hours ago" appearing ABOVE "Page edited 3 minutes ago". It makes it hard to look at recent edits. The Chat is the only 'true' way of talking to one another when collaborating without spoiling anything, and nobody uses it much. As it is like a blog, it makes it hard to find some specific updates to the Message Walls. Oasis+Wall Messages = Squashed writting bubbles. Private (one-to-one messages, so not specifically private) messages are gone, as anyone can add anything to it now, rather than the old ways. The Message Walls are the next step towards making Wikia like a social networking site

Personal Opinion: I prefer the Talk Pages, and I don't get the feeling like this will be forced upon us like Oasis.