This is really great! Since I started using Steemit I always felt like it was superior just as a social media site, even besides the underlying revolution of it. Wasn't 100% sure if I was kidding myself or what, but it always felt that way. I think what you say about quality engagement over just having engagement hits the nail on the head. (resteemed fwiw)

I'm really looking forward to Steemit overtaking YouTube. A tactic on YouTube is to use a clickbait headline, and many content creators will deliberately stir drama and pick fights for attention, and be totally conscious of it as "that's just what you do". And ya they're right, given the incentive of being paid for engagement rather than engagement that leaves the user happy and satisfied. So same idea as what you were talking about with Facebook. Steemit encouraging a normal and civil way of interacting with each other online is a breakthrough in its own right.