Yeah, I tend to agree. At some level, I keep coming back to the fact that these are just websites. Like, you can turn off your computer and go for a walk or something.
I don't use facebook or twitter, so I guess that colors my perception as to how trivial they are in the broader picture of life, but it also means I don't totally understand the issues that people who use the sites face.
They're where various sorts of "public life" happens. While you can be a journalist without being on twitter, it's cutting yourself off from that feeling of being informed. Much harder to get by if you're not on Facebook (one of my friends in the trade reports having over 3000 "friends" on Facebook; effectively that represents an externally managed contacts book).
Then there's the problem that you don't have to be on either website for people to use it to campaign against you. From trivial tactics like getting you fired or SWATted to more egregious things like the Rohingya genocide.
I don't use facebook or twitter, so I guess that colors my perception as to how trivial they are in the broader picture of life, but it also means I don't totally understand the issues that people who use the sites face.