Wallop is a research project of the Social Computing Group at Microsoft Research, exploring how people share media and build conversations in the context of social networks. We are currently conducting a small, real world trial of Wallop with small friendship groups. Therefore, membership in Wallop is limited to study participants until the trial is over. For more information about our research projects, please go to our Social Computing web site.
Wallop其实就是一个高级Blog，除了能发布自己的文章外，还能让大家共享其它的媒体资源。再来看看Wallop的英文原意：
wallop
vi.
乱窜, 猛冲, (车等)颠簸, 沸腾作用
vt.
猛击, 击溃
n.
重击, 冲击力, 乐趣
看来MS就想大家在一个网络的虚拟圈中乱窜，让朋友通过互相邀请来加入到这个圈内，共同建设分享自己的资源和感受等等。有人说是Wallop是个人主页，这其实还是有挺大的区别，至少暂时没法自己做出想要的功能。
Wallop全部采用Flash，所以对于我家里的破电脑（C300 oc 500，800*600分辨率）来说简直就是一场噩梦，但愿MS也应该照顾一下这些用户：）