A bit of both really. The way I see it there are two key points. 1- It's not a question that requires an answer that is much more involved than what we normally have (although there are some legendary exceptions). 2 - It's a topic that doesn't really fit the SF profile. i.e. It's not about the topics covered by what we define as an IT professional. That definition is pretty important because without it SF would become as sloppy and ill-defined as Stack Overflow, which would make it pretty well worthless for those it was intended for.

I really don't know. There was a proposal for a Stack Exchange site devoted to telephony recently but, oddly enough, it got killed off as a duplicate of SF (which it certainly wasn't). I believe your question would have been a great fit there.

Given that our site is nothing whatsoever like the BBC I can't imagine why you even mentioned it. In our case the changes are inconsistent with the general appearance of the site and that never looks good.

"moderators might recognize why I state that" - Is that from guilt?

All your examples are TL.

Being a skeptic by nature you'll understand when I say that I'll believe it when I see it. Regardless, it still doesn't understand why something that had no need to be changed was changed for the worse when there are so many things that need to be changed. As far as I'm concerned it's just another case of a dev changing something to suit his own weird sense of style.

It's also worth noting that the changes that have been made are inconsistent with the general appearance of the site, which makes them even more of an eyesore than they would be otherwise. The vote count compared to the rest looks like Laurel and Hardy.

Yes, there have been complaints. I can't recall the font weight that I'm referring to being one of them. If changes are required they should be to those things people have complained about.

It's not just us then. It also appears I'm not the only one who disagrees with the change. Change just for the sake of change is rarely a good or popular thing.

I can't help noticing that the question is currently open but you have not answered it. Better be quick because I don't think it will remain open much longer.

I cast my vote on that question as NARL, not TL, although it was a close call.

I thought that queue was for all late answers, not just those by new users.

The question is about the Late Answers queue, not the First Posts queue.