A surprising twist: social media invades meatspace. I go to a board gaming club once a week. It used to be reasonably easy to find someone to play with, but no

A surprising twist: social media invades meatspace. I go to a board gaming club once a week. It used to be reasonably easy to find someone to play with, but nowadays: 1. all groups are already formed the moment the club opens (one per board game), 2. newcomers come in groups already decided which game they're going to play, don't waste time looking around and play among themselves. So you can be there on time, and that's not enough to find someone to play with. It feels like fb/social media is a kind of lobby for board games in that place. Wanted to go out and meet some new people over board games? Think again. It's like those stories you might hear about bars, dating and tinder - that nowadays even bar goers stare at their smartphones. Guess what, the same mechanism affects not just bar goers but also nerds like me. It's like each board game at a table is its own social media bubble(different people like different board game(s)). There are two ways to deal with this: a) submit to social media b) resist I'm doing b), I bring in my copy of Spirit Island and if there's no one to play with the game is also great solo.