Has anyone noticed that the "Return to Forum" link now appears to act as a "Return to Post" link instead? The reverse is not true.

Virginia

Now appears? Nothing has changed and as far as I know, it has always behaved that way. If you simply wait a few seconds after posting, it will automatically return you to the thread to which you just posted, I assume for verification purposes. If you don't want to wait, clicking one of those links will "force" the action and if you want to get all the way back to the "top" click one of the links in the breadcrumbs or click the Forum link in the menu bar again.

I could be remembering incorrectly, but either way, when I click the Return to Forum link, I expect to go back to the forum in which the post I replied to resides, not see the post thread again (which is what happens).