Very true. The value fedi provides to me is being informed when things start to fall apart (since the people there are good at ferreting out real news sources and putting less emphasis on fake/gay news), so I can plan and act accordingly.

However, lately everyone has been so crazy that level heads have had a harder time prevailing. Just a few weeks ago everyone thought the Ohio train wreck was basically going to turn the entire US into a toxic biohazard zone. It was bad and will have some long-term effects, but blowing things out of proportion doesn't do anyone any favors. We have the MSM for that (even if they don't cover the same topics).