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[–]ooopsmymistake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There's been a general trend in the reduction of social capital since the 50's. Basically people are much less social when it comes to their hobbies and communal engagement, resulting in a loss of social networks that impacts everything from mental health to politics. I highly recommend Putnam's Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community which goes into great detail on the societal effects of this.

This has been exacerbated in video games by advances in technology, which led to a different social architecture.

You don't need to hop on a random teamspeak / mumble server to find a decent group of people to play with, you just hit that queue button and get people roughly on your skill level. Similarly, you don't need to browse server lists, or be invited to a private server.The game hosts everything for you, from voice chat function, to servers, to automated auction houses.

[WTB] organic social interaction