Plus, it doesn't highlight a much used feature: search

Right now it's hidden behind a magnifying glass.

I don't find the clickbaity trends they highlight on the homepage very interesting. The content is mostly the same as the MSN homepage.

Just let me search for things I find interesting.

Plus, search can be monitized way better, because you know for sure what the user is looking for.

Sadly, their search doesn't work very well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12646580

i've often wondered if they deprioritised the mobile web frontend in order to get people to install their app (especially since they turned hostile towards third party apps). personally, it just took twitter from something i used to check frequently to something i check once or twice a day when i'm in front of a computer.

It's slow and not all that reliable on desktop as well...

It's at least usable on desktop. Try going to mobile.twitter.com on a phone... it's shockingly slow.

If you have a moderality complex UI, by making it responsive you are going to ruin it. That's why most serious websites with complex UIs don't bother with responsiveness and have two different interfaces.

This could be debated, atomic components within a framework built for a purpose can still be responsive.

Responsive or adaptive should be choice made at the start of projects and then ideally followed through till the end.

We choose responsive and made atomic components so it can work, but... it has to be in the thought process from design to implementation, the same can be said about adaptive.

Source: Our UI is complex, large, responsive and serves 3 million users and won awards.