Good points and personally relate to some of these benefits.

I try to keep my social media minimal. No Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit, etc...

At times has been difficult to use social media in moderation. Feels like I am competing with an Olympic champion in their own sport.

With that said, here some things that I found helpful:

- Never social media apps on my phone (no email either).

- Only access social media via laptop/desktop.

- Use services like Mailbrew to follow Youtube channels I want to follow (very few).

- Never save my session, always enter the credentials every time I want to check social media.

I do however follow Twitter & HN. More like a passive user.