Ain't that some shit, right? People say like "try playing multiplayer games, you love gaming!" Yeah except gaming spaces are like, often particularly hostile and unwelcoming?

The most lifelike part of VRchat is the social anxiety

I just have zero social skills and being online isn't helping that.

I can strike up a conversation with most strangers in real life pretty easily.

But online? There’s almost zero context. Even something as simple as the weather makes a load of difference for the small talk that can develop into richer conversations later.

Online social anxiety, especially forums like this one where you get a grade (the upvote/downvote), is very understandable.

Kind of weird how that works - no problems posting stupid shit online, but that hesitation to start a new game such as online chess because what if the social interaction....

I can't look people in the eyes in Minecraft

when i used to play games that required coop to get certain items id often sit for long whiles hovering over the search for teammates button, online social anxiety is real shit. nowadays its better but i still cant do mh coop in fear of being too bad

Same