I prefer it that way. I'd rather be dedicating more conversation with people in my physical space at this time. There's a reason the Surgeon General declared loneliness an epidemic, and it was heading there prior to the pandemic.

I get it, but each instance could have a community called "chat" or something, and people could talk about a specific topic. It's not a proper conversation but it's something... I know that we already do that, in some sense, but it's always more directed to commenting a news article, or a meme.

Recently I saw that some people gathered to read Das Capital, and they had scheduled each week to talk about a specific part of the book. That's something awesome and a great way to learn.