Chen Hsin-hsing, a Shih Hsin University assistant professor who was one of the five "commanders in the square" during the Wild Lily movement, attributes these changes mainly to the fact that, over the past 20 years, information technology has made very rapid progress, the public has become much savvier, and higher education has become accessible to all.
曾為 18 年前野百合學運 5 名「廣場總指揮」之一、世新大學社會發展所助理教授陳信行認為，出現這種變化的主因，在於近 20 年來台灣社會資訊暢通、民智大開，且高等教育更為普及。