Totally agree with this. My work and study involves a fair amount of statistics. Yesterday I got accidentally nerd sniped by some bad date based numerology which I promptly spent 20 minutes angrily demolishing. It would have been nice to not see numerology on my fb feed because I could have put that effort towards something more constructive.
I work in communications for a non-partisan civic/political non-evil organization (Think like the Congressional Research Service or parts of NARA, nothing sexy or cool) and my graduate focus was on filter bubbles/social media algorithms/information policy (back in 2015). I also do front-end/UI/UX work.
There have been multiple times when I've logged into my social media (or my regular media feeds) and felt nauseated. I can just see all the fingerprints everywhere, pushing us this way and that, and I have also seen the effect that it has had on my loved ones over the past 7 years. It's like everything now is covered with this disgusting, vampiric slime that prevents you from making genuine connections with others.
But I cannot move the ocean with a thimble.
It's invaluable for helping me follow this one specific area.
Edit: Also, I would like to say that the idea that 'every place on the Internet has to address every major event' is not really great for anybody who works in a related area. Think of political issues taking over hobby subreddits: I'm literally a civics educator, it's not super fun for me to log in to talk about video games and get greeted with 'if you don't agree with VERY REDUCTIVE BASIC 101 POSITION/don't want to see discussion in these spaces, you're terrible.' I put in almost 40 hours a week and do more than you do, random (likely 16-20 year old) Reddit mod. I don't need your lectures, I need to see crazy ways to break video games.
Like no. It's just that it's like being a math teacher and logging in to see people sharing (often wrong) math test answers in your beer group. You need a break for your own mental health.
I'm starting to get really concerned for the overall mental health of the journalist class + political staffers. The ability to step away from the pressure cooker is integral to maintaining your stability.