He is too smart to ever run though:-D.
When it has a show that I want to watch, I much prefer Netflix - e.g. solid streaming, captions, etc. The servers also don't just randomly disappear over time. I may need to reevaluate just what amount I enjoy Netflix though...
Nowadays kids parent the previous generation so I'm not entirely certain that things are "better". Probably yes in some ways, worse in others:-|.
I have seen social media described as "microblogging", but I don't think that's true. Or rather, actual blogs like on WordPress are one thing, but the more "conversation" style is something else entirely. Phrases such as "^This", "I also choose this guy's wife", "and my axe" reveal that the true purpose of social media is emotional venting, rather than conveyance of information. For some people at least - and depending on moderation practices and abilities, and on communities setting up expectations, the level of discourse may be either higher or lower, but even so, foundationally, isn't that what this place is for?
After all, Wikipedia articles are one thing, essays and poetry are another, blogs are still another (with the level of effort being put into their crafting), and finally at the lowest end, social media is found where we just blurt out whatever we are thinking about at any given moment.
Mind you, it can be done well - I have had people convince me of my privilege status & thus shepherd me into wokeness even on Facebook, which is not known for such - but even so, isn't the true purpose of a thing what it mostly does? Like a vehicle isn't a coffee holder, despite it being capable of that, as well as many other things.
Some people's thoughts are just more worth listening to than others. Hence why microblogging e.g. Twitter/X & Mastodon can aim at a higher end, as too can Reddit & Lemmy/K/Mbin (+ soon: Sublinks), but it seems rarely used for its maximum purpose and far more often for its emotive vomit aka "share every single one of our uncurated thoughts". Case in point: my message right here, which unlike a "blog post" took me <5 minutes to create.:-P
Btw, check out https://medium.com/@max.p.schlienger/the-cargo-cult-of-the-ennui-engine-890c541cebcb for an example of what I would consider a more worthwhile post. Sometimes, imho, it is okay to aim for more quality than quantity of posts, even if that seems antithetical to the goal of "social media" that aims instead to connect people together to just shoot the shit amongst ourselves.
But Jon Stewart still continues to try, thankfully! He is the hero that we need, even if not the one we deserve right now, or whatever (line from Batman) - I doubt he can save us from ourselves, but damn I'm sure glad to see him on the air again nonetheless.
This is when you would respond "Bitch, I said what I said" (Doja Cat, Paint the Town Red), right?! Hrmm.... me neither:-P.
Fortunately, that condition is something that the EMH eventually became able to treat for himself:-D.
Then the Alliance proceeds to take the sky from planet after planet...:-( Fortunately, there was always some other planet further out, where people could be free! Like enshittification took Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Reddit, but us browncoats made our own way over on Lemmy:-).
Firefly was the opposite - man, I could just listen to that intro over & over again... :-) Maybe that's all Harry does all day long, which is why he never gets promoted?
And clothing that lasts for ~~more than~~ at least one year, sheesh!
But were people allowed to say "bitch" back then? Truly we have advanced in so many ways!:-)
Please remember to upvote if you want the message to be spread - downvoting just bc you don't like the content will have the opposite effect. This fascist's words and deeds should be seen by all, yes?