seems like the subforums aren't showing post/thread info. is this a new issue?

If I remember right it was the addition of the /jo command at the top of the forums (next to minibash) that screwed that up. It is a somewhat of a recent issue, yes.

The only way to fix it, temporarely, is to wait for another global (or when the first global dissapears, dont remember which one), then it should work, until another global comes up.