I've always had more success interacting with people and having friends during dead hours, which I assumed was because of the type of people that played at those times. The calmer, quieter ones that wouldn't be interested in big loud meetups.
But then last night as I was standing alone with no one to talk to for 400th time and watching some of these friends I had a realization; none of these are my friends, the only reason we ever interact and only during dead hours is because they have no one else online at the time. I'm the last resort for them try to talk to just to pass some time.