User blog comment:Salubri/Brand New Feature (Message Wall)/@comment-3134619-20120202012141/@comment-1351982-20120202015629

I agree the whole nickname thing is dumb, and I prefer the talk pages, but I will reserve judgement on the walls. The best thing IMO would be to have a hidden pulldown menu for each new topic like how forums have it. That way we still have the talk page setup without the clutter.