Personally - I'll come in, say my good mornings to the people I know, sit down and put headphones on and power through. Occasionally I'll go make a drink, where I may have ten minutes of screen break / water cooler chat. There's proper 'social' drinks once a week, and probably 1 or 2 other 'events'. At the drinks especially it's easy to just say "hey" and get talking. It's easier if you're a hotdesker and you see that face every day. Otherwise you'll bump into people throughout the day. You just need to chit chat - "Hey, that smells good, what is it?" / "Sorry, can I just grab the milk from behind you? ... I don't think we've met before..." etc.
I gotta say it was invaluable to me - I had maybe 5 years at home beforehand and I'd be bouncing off the walls by 6pm. Social interaction, even lightly, is very beneficial.
Hope that answers your question!
Do people actually really socialise and meet other people? I'd expect that people go there to work - knowing myself for example, I'd put my headphones and work without talking to anyone, because, well, I'm here to work and need to get shit done.
Can you clarify this to me? How to do you meet those people? I DO believe it'd be very valuable for me to meet and socialise with most WeWork workers, but don't really see how this happens. Except as you mentioned, through the events at night.