Yes, I agree, change is hard, and it's annoying to have to change when we're used to the way things were. We had no choice in the matter when they changed the way social groups worked in vbulletin, however.

So all of the social group messages for a social group have simply been moved into a single thread and the groups have become miniature forums unto themselves (negating the need for the old social group forums, but we've kept them there anyway). It's a bit confusing at first, but social groups work just like the forums now.