I disagree, Kieran. the old General board was a mix of private trips, parties, random crap, links, etc. At the very least, actual announcements about private trips and parties should be separate from the ridiculously off-topic stuff.
there does seem to be some kind of a problem with the PMs though: I cleared out my inbox and outbox completely, but it still says I have 58 new messages.
also, Mark: the banners at the top of the screen don't always show up right. Is the white space above the big paddles meant to be white or sky blue? the "UCD Canoe Club" text on the right hand side of the lower bar gets cut off on the computers in college. etc...
but I do love the new text features. sup, dude?
oh, and everybody go check your signatures... the first letter got cut off.