Houzz has changed the way comments are shown, and the moderators are completely aware of what they have done. The Comment area is at the top now. The oldest (first) comment will be last in the list unless one changes the Sort by switch from Newest to Oldest. If the person that asks a question chooses a Best Answer that comment will appear twice, once in its original location and again at the top of all comments no matter how many answers are added after the choice is made. I think the Best Answer option is ridiculous as most answers are opinion. If three people give you the same answer only one of them can get the BA designation.

Thanks Mindshift, but pls re-read. I tried adjusting New vs. Old Comments "But on trying that, I see the problem is that the Comment Box is still in the wrong place -- what gives?"

I posted abt this At Using Houzz forum, under the thread, New Feature, Best Answer.

Have you read that? Several of us made the same points as you. Pls. note that she never answered my direct question of what is the purpose of that feature. But towards the end, I tried to address this issue of scrambled order at the bottom of the thread, which seemed locked for a while, but I was recently able to Bump back up.

FYI: as mentioned in that thread, it seems it's not the Poster choosing Best Answer, it's some Houzz algorithym.

ETA: It appears there & my most recent comments are on there now too, but it seems some of my middle comments were deleted, which unfortunately, I no longer have copy of, GRRRRRR.

Any ideas what they're trying to do w/ this?

Yes, I saw it too. I find it annoying and I don't think it makes sense, especially on this type of forum, but I also figured -- there is probably little I can do about it. I'm a gardenweb fan, not a Houzz fan. In general, I just assume Houzz makes some across-the-board decisions that don't seem to work favorably for this forum. I don't like it but....I guess I'll adapt.

Houzz has too many random annoying changes for my liking so I seldom go there, preferring GW, instead. Occasionally when I’ve clicked something that took me to Houzz (only noticed when something doesn’t look normal) I back click til I’m back at GW.

I do recall once a few years back when they had the postings in reverse order on GW. Many of us complained and it was changed back. Whether it was reverted due to our complaints or due to a program error that caused the postings to show in reverse order, I can’t say. I was just glad it was changed back.

SLD (I hate using the word 'stupid'),

Thanks soooooo much, you nailed it!!!

It turns out to be related to whether I access the sites thru GW or Houzz, a function I hadn't observed. Over time, the shortcuts on my laptop all were thru Houzz, which I hadn't noticed. Once pointed out, I only enter thru GW now & voila, problem solved.

I'm guessing this may have been done to better interface w/ SmartPhone apps, but I only use laptop (or desktop at office).

Also, I'm happy to point out, the largely disliked 'Best Answer' feature appears to have been abandoned. Yippee!!! Thank you Houzz!

Yes!!! I had gotten logged in via Houzz too, and had all the problems. Now that I went via Gardenweb, everything is okay again. Thank you, SLD. And Houzz, for understanding that the two features don't work here.

In my case, I think it was caused by me going to a post via a email link. I will have to remember to keep a Gardenweb tab open, and access everything without using the links in my notification emails.

Yup, exactly.

I have to be careful too, until the old Houzz shortcut comes off my Browser's page.