Well, I hope you decide to start blogging one of these days @blackant; I'm sure you will when the time feels right to you.
Although I don't use it that much in the "social media" sense, I have little against Facebook purely as a way to keep in touch with family and friends in "meatspace" and as a message system and photo sharing utility. In a sense, that's almost the opposite end of the scale from how I perceive Steemit.
I have heard many say that Steemit is a great place for developers and coders; sounds like you've seen some of that, yourself.