How do you stay informed without social media?
Like most HN users here I'm a software engineer (full-stack JS if that matters) so by "staying informed" I'm not referring to general news (what you'd find typically in say The Economist, WSJ, etc...), rather I'm referring to tech-related news.
Coming from the perspective of someone with no social media presence: What does social media provide in terms of tech-related news that HN, lobsters, and slashdot do not?
Kind of a cop-out, but I use https://fraidyc.at/ to follow some of the interesting people I missed when I ditched Twitter - I've added a bunch of twitter accounts and feeds to this, but have it set to update a lot more slowly.
It's a lot more calming than the normal social media torrent, but still can find out the latest-and-greatest JS web framework I can ignore ;)
What makes you think social media keeps you informed? (Honest question)