there are work arounds. At my lunch time play the guild I am puts up notices by layers.
The guild chat is universal. so they post up something is resetting layer 2 soon as an example.
its a perspective thing really. I came from eve. You can be on with 100’s of corp members on. And be nowhere near them really. several hundred systems gives a bit of room to wander. the community is still there. If players make it work.