Not sure whether to upvote or downvote, so I’ll just reply.

The content is not much better for all the reasons OP mentioned. I’d like to add one more thing, that has been mentioned earlier in similar discussions: niche communities do not exist yet or at best hardly have any activity. For those I still occasionally use Reddit.

One thing that is actually better, apart from the ads that OP mentioned, is no corporate filters (which may or definitely do reflect the current political climate, dependent on the social medium in question).

Successful? I know that he used to be huge in the 80s and early 90s, but after that? I am slightly surprised that he is still getting some attention in the media.

Then again ‘hurr-durr AI hurr-durr’.