According to an email I got today from Activision, this would seem to be the case.  They took everyone down.  They said on 5/23 that they are aware of some of us experiencing difficulty receiving "private messages" and that this is a temporary issue occurring due to the latest update.  They said they will "have the private message system up to speed in a few days".  So, I'll wait and see what happens.  Too bad I didn't know all this in advance somehow and thought it was because of the hop.  I tried to fix my profile myself and ended up blowing it away .  Oh well... I like a challenge. I hope this info helps at least some of you and that this is fixed asap...  and please be kind to me if you see me out there.  I have stinky guns again - LOL

Ok.  It is now June 4th and still no ability to text message.  So, it appears that most of you are right and that Activision is either clueless or just draggin' their feet.  (I hope I'm wrong, but...)  I haven't heard anymore about this, but I'm getting more and more annoyed.  If they are shelving this because of BOII coming out, they're making a huge marketing mistake in my opinion.  It probably won't affect sales dramatically, but it may impact it more than they think.  Seriously, don't they realize that we all talk via blogs, forums, Facebook, etc.?  Idiots.  I may actually switch to Battlefield 3 if this keeps up.  I like COD, but I want to be able to talk to friends.  If they can't even get a lid on this problem, what's to say BOII is going to be any better, right?  (maybe worse if they're rushing production)  Anyway, if I hear more (and it doesn't sound like a complete load of bull), I'll post again...  Maybe we should ALL call Activision.  It probably won't help since they don't seem to care, but maybe.... if nothing else, annoying level 1 support feels like therapy - lol Game on....

So, I called Activision again today (6/8)... they're still working on it and yes it was disabled due to hackers hopping accounts.  However, I was unable to confirm that Nintendo did/did not do this.  If they did, who knows when this will be fixed because I think they're throwing all resources at the new Wii U.  Well, I for one will not be buying a new Wii if this is the kind of crappy security they have set up.  I initially heard that hackers were able to hop accounts via the Allie Codes, but now I'm not so sure based on previous posts.  If they can truly get at an address (MAC?) for an individual's Wii, Nintendo has a serious problem on their hands. I had hoped that they could fix this in a few weeks, but I'm not going to hold my breath now.... may be time to switch to some other platform