Server community is a collective copium for times when the game was in a much worse state.
WoD… Legion… BfA… Shadowlands…
I do not yearn for the ED of the past, but I am glad it happened. Even if the “times of glory” of the past were to return, I wouldn’t rejoin this server. Grass ended up being greener on the other side.
It’s better to have the vidya be good for it’s own case, even if server communities suffered in spite of it.