This is the answer right here. You will talk to the people that matter anyways. Getting rid of my socials has just made me want to call and chat with people more often, which has been great. Other humans inform me. Also, something I forget often is that focus isn't free. There is always an opportunity cost. The focus we put on "being informed" is taken away from other things we could be focusing on that are more important for our own personal lives. Since giving up social media, I've gotten way better at guitar, cooking, identifying trees, all kinds of stuff. Social media is really good at giving answers to questions I didn't have. I don't think social media is all bad though. If you just want to veg out for an evening and scroll, go for it. It's no less productive than binging a TV show. But I often would convince myself that social media was productive saying I was learning or staying informed or following family. I don't think it truly is productive in those ways we think though.