I think the first two very clearly were, but I don’t think it’s a bad thing so long as the general thoughts come from the OP and they just use it for formatting. I like to use ChatGPT to organize my thoughts all the time.
If you just let AI generate the whole thing for you though, then it’s not so great… because it get some things wrong. Which might be the case here?
Era populations are pretty consolidated right now actually. Here’s a breakdown of the current population spread, all relative to the Whitemane cluster.
The trouble right now is that the in-game UI doesn’t do a good job of representing where you should play. I maintain that thread but unless you come to the forums, you just won’t know.
Blizzard needs to update the in-game representation so it’s more clear to players that they should be on either Mankrik for PvE or Whitemane for PvP (provided they want populated servers).
Keep in mind though that some of us deliberately play on the underpopulated realms because we find the experience more enjoyable. Merging us into populated realms would actually result in most of us just not playing the game.
LFG was a new addition to Classic Era (that nobody asked for, coincidentally) and so many folks don’t actually use it. These are also long-standing communities who have been active for nearly 7 years. Most players are level cap and alts are running with their friends or getting carried.
Your best bet is to look for a community, join it, and engage with others. In this version of the game, pug play is just going to be challenging. Even if Blizzard did smash all the servers together, that wouldn’t change.