Out with the clutter

[The Metal]

One of the only things I dislike about the layout of this site, is the presence of a lot of windows on the left side, some of which have little or no use. The "Search" "Rss Feeds" and "Social Bookmarking" are some of the windows that I could not see myself using, and honestly, I don't think they serve much of a purpose on a site of this nature.
Just my opinion, I think it would make it look better, but I won't go ape-shit if you don't take them off, so its your choice.

[Alex]

Dude, even if I was to remove those a blank space as big as a widget would be there, might as well have it there. I for one like to use the recent topics, Affliates, More Places, Top Posters, and Login widgets and unless I remove ALL widgets the others don't matter either. Besides, the site seems too empty without them.