Board Thread:New Features/@comment-26339491-20190329181123/@comment-26339491-20190416172405

The differences are mainly that way more users read and contribute from mobile than even 5 years ago. There are more users now who exclusively use mobile devices and who haven't learned their way around the internet via desktop first. People expect things to be more intuitive and responsive. If it's tedious to use on a phone, users will give up on it way more quickly than they might have five years ago. Plus, attention spans in general are getting shorter, and more and more sites are competing for your time and attention, which means many users are looking for a more casual experience.

We are working to account for all that - but without dumbing everything down too much.