Hey Philip, I totally agree with you, look how long I've been on FB and have not earn one red cent, I have only been on a steemit since April and I have onbly curated and uploading a few blogs and my account balance is now nearly $50.
I too wil slowly stop using facebook, twitter etc and will now soley concentrate on Steemit.
You sound like a clever social media user indeed :), if only more people would adapt to that kind of mentality.