Yes, and I'd also argue that we don't "need" it. It's certainly a good tool you can build to suit your needs/wants like news, funny stuff, etc, but we can also go without. The big difference between social media really is whether you are the product or not.
I've actually done this a a lot for work needing to work out operating weights of mechanical equipment and checking existing structures for capacity etc. American equipment with all imperial info and Canadian building design. It's easy to convert, but still annoying.
I'm with you on that. 12 years of lurking on reddit, feel like it's time for a fresh start
There's just so many instances of us exporting things to countries and no one wanting it. The big one that surprised me and stuck with me was clothes. Cbc marketplace even had a video about it: https://youtu.be/elU32XNj8PM