I seriously can't agree with you enough!!
Right before I discovered steemit it was shutting down on a lot of "technology". I only had facebook and that was enough... over the past 6 months or so I have been deleting a lot of my older posts that come through as memories. And to be honest there are times were I read them back now and think, 'what was I thinking!'. I barely post on facebook at all now, I certainly don't go through my feed anymore but I do leave it open on my computer in case someone wants to get in contact with me as I no longer have a mobile phone. I turned that off a few years ago and for me it was the best thing I did! I'd never go back now.
Before getting my head in the crypto space I was pulling myself off my computer as I felt I was spending far too much time on it. I was doing well until crypto and that changed everything, lol. While the market was bad I barely looked but that is when steemit started to take my time instead... but I have to agree with you. Steemit isn't the mind numbing, soul sucking rubbish that is now social media. I often find myself questioning my time spent on here again, as it is high and maybe I need to pull back on that a bit, hmmm maybe more than a bit but you are right, we are learning - all the time. We're being challenged and improving one's skills, thoughts and ideas which to me a positive and not a negative as so many of the social media platforms are now.
However, it sounds like I really need to get myself on Discord.