Man, this is actually so funny. Don't pretend like finding people to play with is some kind of a problem, even in Classic lol. Just do what @
Drpizka said: find friends, guild or some kind of community you can play with, and that solves the problem. Leave that psychological bullshit of "problem-solving stages" alone
And yeah, this is really THAT easy. At the beginning of Classic, there will be tons of people playing with you. By the way, the thing that killed socializing aspect of this game (retail) was actually the LFG stuff they introduced
I am so happy to get my hands on the pure, classic version of the game.