This reverts commit 260f00d60bc83ac641d6fbe465e70aec33ccd9be.
As mentioned in
http://gitorious.org/statusnet/mainline/commit/260f00d60bc83ac641d6fbe465e70aec33ccd9be#comment_8367
Reverting this merge until the bugs are fixed and there is a general
agreement on the need for this enhancement.