Whenever I see someone use the ^ or say "above", I remember that I must be one of the very few that has the forum set to read in reverse chronological order, with new posts at the top.
Really? That's so weird. 
Why scroll all the way down to see the new thing, when I can have it pop up right at the top? Lord knows I return to some of these threads so many times that I'm often just looking to see a singular new post/response I was waiting on.
When you click "new" on an active thread it takes you directly to the earliest new post.
On the other hand, if there is more than one new post and the most recent is at the top, you have to scroll down to get to it. Besides, it just seems unnatural to read from the bottom up. The human brain is probably wired for top-down.
