I'm in two minds about this. The old RT was all eBay related with chatter filtering into those threads also, which made it friendly, whereas this is tending to be more of a combined RT/CW board all in one which does make the "business" topics harder to find.
I don't think separating the business and social topics would make it sterile like the new au boards because of that chatter. Plus I agree it is convenient not having to switch boards.
On the other hand, this setup is much easier to navigate due to not having a multitude of boards with a gazillion subforums and does make it easier to know where things are and how to get there so at the end of the day, after business is taken care of, it's easy to go to Courtyard for an "after work drink" and wind down with socialising.
Plus, I've put info here which is available to the general public, which in a perfect world I'd rather it be available to members only. (But that's my issue).
Does any of that make sense? I know what I mean anyway lol.