first of all the idea of moving it, while inconvient for some people, i totally agre with it. it also shows people who dont use the forum much what they are missing. aswell as freeing up the homepage.
secondly the posts count. Now you realise for most people this doesnt matter, but this site is set up as a forum, not a chat room, the shoutbox is a bonus, i personally think to weed out the arguments etc the best way is say 5 posts a month rather than the one time. that will get rid of the people who spamthe shoutbox to get reactions.
lastly, i prefer the new shoutbox and links are finally in there without the need to copy and paste, which did annoy me.
overall, thanks it IS an improvement for the site as a whole. | 
