Currently, the thread view in the forums is set to show newest posts on top, for convenience. Several users expressed a desire to have it display oldest first, like other popular web forums. A toggle is in the works to allow users their preference, but until that can be implemented, we want the default to reflect the majority.
While there was a slight majority for having newest post on top, it was later voiced that there was some misunderstanding and a few persons voted for newest although they would prefer oldest. Following this we have set the default to oldest (as similar to standard in most forum applications) but created a custom toggle for users to change the display.