Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
Yes, because I don't rely on a single friend or community. I communicate in an abundance of discord servers with different people or friend groups, random PF groups and PUG discords, random DF parties I'm matched into including alliance raids, hunt and FATE /shout chats, PF map parties, linkshells, CWLS, novice networks, my FC and the forums, to the point where if any single one were removed, the others would make up for it. I also just consume FF content occasionally via YouTube or Twitch which can also be social.

A lot of people struggle to find social interaction in the game. But I am not one of those people. Those people just lack all the ideas I mentioned, as well as ones I didn't mention such as RP and venues.
Here is the thing about these things you have mentioned, they are completely impersonal and I wouldn't consider this an actual meaningful socialization. Of course you can participate and discords and novice network and twitch but none of these people are your actual friends, or maybe some are (and this here is the key, those are the ones that matter), for example if you leave those discords or stop interacting noone will notice you are gone, if you need help, unless they have nothing to do they won't drop what they are doing to come help you out.

So it's not that we don't lack these ideas, its that when we talk about friends, we mean FRIENDS, not random people you interact with on occasion. There is such a thing as being alone in a group, and you shouldn't confuse that with a community that personally cares about who you are and what you are doing.

Like these forums, sure, we interact, but its not like we're gonna hang out together or wonder about each other is doing. When you lose good friends, or they move on to something else they aren't easy to replace, because the relationship was built over a long period of time, the personalities have to mesh well, and generally it requires activities in game that strengthen those bonds, such as hard to beat content. So I'm pretty sure this is the kind of community we are discussing and not the random discord groups, twitch channels and Novice network where you merely talk with others.