Can't see rooms, world chat empty, can't ping friends who I see are online

[aarone]

Help! I can login (Windows 11), and edit my avatar, and join the standard rooms, but can't see anything in the world chat, can't see any custom rooms, all the standard rooms like the beach are empty, and the friends I see online can't see me online, and if I try contacting them the message doesn't go through.

I tried both using and not using a VPN. I set the VPN to a server in the US, and a server in Netherlands. I tried changing the game server between US and Europe. All to no avail.