Website Owner, am I correct in assuming the shouts are being made a bit more difficult to use so that members will be more likely to upgrade to a premium membership for unlimited messages? I noticed you mention that the profile comments sections were deleted for this very reason. Just wondering if that's a big reason for the Shouts as well?
The issue with shouts was different to profile comments. It's more a case that it doesn't fit in with the new layout, also that it's a popular feature so needed a page of it's own.
I'm not keen on adding a box at the top of the page with the latest shouts because it would push all the other content further down the page. This would be inconvenient for people who don't use the shouts, since not everybody does.
I'm thinking perhaps some kind of notification of when a new shout has been posted might be better, a bit like messages and comments. This would save you having to check the shout page every few minutes to see if there's anything new.
