I agree with this to an extent. When I visit a website, I often skim the top of the page and scroll down immediately to get to the meat of the content. The fold

I agree with this to an extent. When I visit a website, I often skim the top of the page and scroll down immediately to get to the meat of the content. The fold is not meaningless, but worrying about a good design is significantly more important than worrying about "the fold".