User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/Profile and Message Wall on the Unified Community Platform/@comment-36971458-20200306225149/@comment-20644-20200306234657

Afraid not, at least not for Profile (admins will still have the choice between Message Wall and User Talk Pages). The current Profile feature is built into the legacy platform. We had to build an all new Profile for the new UCP codebase, and that included overhauling the design for the first time in 9 years (the current Profile was launched in 2011). As with many parts of this new platform, it was time for an upgrade.

There's also a good overview here of why adding an option usually isn't the best choice. I'd suggest giving that article a read (it's pretty interesting) but it ultimately comes down to:


 * Multiple options usually aren't a good user experience. It may provide choice, but choice can also be confusing. Features should be able to work as-is without needing multiple different versions.
 * It costs a lot to implement one feature let alone several versions of a feature.
 * Features have to be maintained. The more versions there are of a given feature, the harder and more costly it is to maintain them. (That's part of the reason why the UCP is so essential; right now too many of our development resources are spent maintaining an outdated codebase instead of building new features and tools for editors.)

Once the new Profile is live, we'd love to hear feedback about where it can continue to be improved.