Ah fair enough; I think DuckDuckGo's extension does a similar thing with regards to trackers and appears to be easier to use (for me). As for a social network that doesn't spy like the current big ones? I'd go with IRC.

I know people have proposed alternatives like Mastodon or Diaspora*, but I don't think they're good alternatives either compared to gradually giving them up to learn old offline alternatives: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/jobs/quit-social-media...

As for Steemit, I think this "feature" is most absurd. I hope it never takes off:

https://steemit.com/faq.html#Can_I_delete_or_deactivate_my_a...

> "Can I delete or deactivate my account?"

> "Accounts can not be deactivated or deleted. The account along with all of its activity is permanently stored in the blockchain."