I completely agree. I've found that the various parts of the Fediverse and also this site have been surprisingly good places to meet new people, but the mainstream internet today doesn't facilitate this. OkCupid was a great place to meet (even platonic) new people until about 2015, but in the 2000s it seemed people were in general much more open to meeting new people online. There were many great places to do this, but they're all either gone or have been ruined.