please tell me this isn't intentional. the only reason for it is to take up less space on the home page. that would be bad enough but its on the forum pages too.
i have this bad feeling that putting the forums part back up on the main page was temporary and this is step 2 of a 3 step plan to remove it from the front page entirely. this is supported by them not bothering to add separate code to have it only effect the front page.
or not, now 3 topics show up inside the forums. still only 2 on the home page thought.