Facebook said they were going to be changing the algorithm to show more things from your friends and family, but I think once they moved away from just doing a chronological display of what was happening, they lost it. It wasn't really compelling for me to use anyways, plus you add that they don't care about privacy, and I don't trust their CEO at all. I still have an account, but don't use it much.
The spam here is annoying, but it's not as bad as it could be. There are some groups like steemcleaners that sort some things out. There are still plenty of issues with people just copying stuff from other sites and posting here, but overall most of the content from the people that I follow is good.
Sorry your new friends at FB didn't work out. ;) Glad to have you here though. I enjoy getting to see your work.
I have the same deal and to find new people, I use chats and comments sections.
My wife wouldn't have been impressed anyway.
My wife is not the jealous type because she knows that she's the love of my life. So just for fun I asked her what she thought about those girls friending me and she said, "Awww, hell no!"
Priceless!