User blog comment:DaNASCAT/Technical Update: November 8, 2011/@comment-1361074-20111110081229

Way to reduce the overall usable space on the second level of the nav menus! It was really a problem when I could use complete words for those if one of them used more than 10 characters. I know it might seem silly that we would need chevrons for menus that open automatically and loads of wasted space for padding between them, but whatever wikia decides is best for the social network wikis must actually be the best solution. I'm sure these changes aren't just random shots in the dark to justify people's jobs. While we're on the subject of silly and pointless changes though, I'm sure the names on user pages weren't switched just to justify some horrible design choice on the facebook message wall. That would be idiotic.