User blog comment:Randomized/Can we have Talk Pages again?/@comment-4918842-20131125200922/@comment-4845243-20131125224758

All it takes is one click (are you aware of the diff button?) to bring up the message on the talk page, allowing you to read it instantly. That could actually be faster than reading part of it in Wiki Activity and then clicking on it and reading the whole thing again. But basically, the difference is negligible. Talk pages do not have any real advantage over message walls when it comes to privacy, which is really a nonissue, since privacy isn't possible anyways. Even if one is slightly harder to read than the other, the argument still stands. Privacy is not a good argument in favor of talk pages.

Really, it comes down to subjective taste.