Hello Micah,
Due to your request, we've pushed ahead and implemented the new Twitter and Facebook connection controls into the forums.
The Twitter and Facebook checkboxes will appear when a user is logged in, active and unmoderated. We'll be discussing whether to implement this functionality to moderated users or not. Similar to the old system it will post the subject and a link on the corresponding social networking site but the link will now be a shortened url.
Appreciate your feedback.
Abraham