It's semantics: People who used to talk about "above the fold" were arguing that users would not scroll (and in some 90's web browsers they couldn't scroll). N

It's semantics: People who used to talk about "above the fold" were arguing that users would not scroll (and in some 90's web browsers they couldn't scroll). Now when people talk about it, it's just referencing prominent placement on the site; there's no longer an assumption that users won't know to scroll down, just an assumption that important stuff should be seen first.