I had already quit Facebook before I started here, but yes, I agree with you, it's a very negative place. I don't enter into arguments either, just because it's such a waste of energy, nothing positive comes from having an argument on the internet.

Many of the posts on Steemit seem much more informative and thought out. I've seen very little narcissism here (pointless selfies, dinner plate photos). Even the discussions on politics are much more polite here, rather than the shouting, mud slinging and the "everyone I don't like is literally Hitler" environment of Facebook. Those other social networks made me doubt humanity.

What really drove me off Facebook was the spying, lack of privacy and censorship. If you use FB you are being both spied on and lied to, it's a dreadful place.

But who cares, forget about FB, we have something so much better now. I wonder if Steemit might just be the FB killer, I sense a snowball growing here, and once a critical mass of people move over here the network effect will bring even more people.

Steem on !