Gee willickers, there are a lot more curse words on the forum than I am used to.
That aside, I am here to say that I always play alone. I think I have been invited to about one ship stacking game, and never started my own, so I always solo queue, by choice. I enjoy getting a random crew of rusty cogs, and finding out how to build a clock out of them. Even a Snowflake* has its uses in the right machine, and I enjoy that challenge of finding the best configuration almost as much as playing the game.
Maybe I am a snowflake in my own way for this belief, but I really do think this game is fun and playable as a one man team, as long as you are willing to work with what you are given.
*Is that term still a thing on here?