i don't know that the problem is portrayed as that much worse than it actually is. it's not catastrophic, no, and it's definitely not a good enough argument to get rid of lfd [i still think lfr is stupid and breeds bad raiders]. it's kind of hard to deny that the community situation, on the whole, is nowhere near as vibrant and engaging as it used to be.

i also wouldn't say that it's made it impossible to form old-skool communities, of course... but you can't really argue that it hasn't made it much, much more difficult than it was in the earlier days.

for the record, i agree, and i'm almost always that person in a group, even in dungeon finder. but i would say that at least 85% of the time, i might as well be talking to myself. ;-P