No. Just NO.
This is HORRIBLE. Going into Fluorite, looking for a RP, and just... silence. And movie chat. How the heck does this even WORK?
I LOVED chatting with everyone about random stuff in General, and this update RUINED the game for me! I don't want to have to wander around trying to find someone to RP with!
WHY would you do this? Just why?! General was my existence, and you could get into good roleplays just by stalking General. It's possible to turn it off, so why would you remove it? How could you do this?!