The prevailing theory is that you give up some of the additional social portions of the game in exchange for the conveniences that comes with DF. This cant really be argued as far as I can tell. To what degree and whether those social interactions are important is another debate altogether.
To that Ill say it’s just a great case of where the paved road of good intentions goes where it always does. In theory, for the time, you could make a case it was a great add. Just like many of the concessions Blizz made over the years. Look at how PvP gear went - the more accessible it became the bigger the problem it turned into for “players”. Same goes with RDF and all that it spawned behind it.
It takes a certain kind of playerbase to integrate that kind of thing into the community without ultimately destroying it. Even then there are lines that cant be crossed. This crowd just didnt have what it takes - and theres no shame in that btw.