it would be a simple change to move the most recent post button from the right to the left.
Good god no, this is completely counterintuitive. Are you Asian or Arabic by any chance?
Things that happen first are to the left, things that happen later are to the right. Thus the last posts symbol on the right.
"That's how Dad did it, that's how America does it and it's worked out pretty well so far."
Also you can just click on "new"