I don't think it's uncommon at all. If anything I think it's more common than ever before. Virtual reality settings and roleplay, platforms such as Second Life and the roleplay that goes on there, along with tabletop rpg's, and even games like GTA V have thriving roleplay communities. Minecraft, Roblox, Twitch...roleplaying and worldbuilding is even more popular than before. I just think it's more likely you haven't looked in any places that will best work for you.

What kind of worldbuilding were you looking to do? What kind of interaction do you prefer?

Well, it seems harder for me to find folks, but I think that's more about not knowing where to look.

As for that, it involves my world of Rani. This is a species from the world (well, technically two species), and here is a folder I'm slowly developing.

I mean, I like chatting with folks in general. I have a lot of different ideas but my own skills are not that great. I wish I had more money because I end up feeling like "want to make something cool?" turns into "want to do free art/writing?" a bit too easily.

The difficulty in developing stories and worlds with other people is you run into a time/cost issue. Is the time one spends working with others worth the cost? The cost can be anything from whatever disagreements you may end up having with them that cause stress to realize that you could have spent all that time working on something that is entirely yours. For better or worst most people are going to choose to fly solo because at least then whatever minuscule chance there is what you've created gets the attention it's all yours. Whatever causes it to fail at least you have nobody to blame but yourself.

Speaking for myself while I create stories with and for my best friend and love our stories it also means that nobody will ever see all the writing I've done. Up to date, I've written over six million words of fiction for him and it's all in a Google docs file only he and I have access to. I'm fine with this but it does mean that I don't have much time or energy for much else aside from my poetry.

So as far as what you're looking for goes, it's a matter of how much you really want to see your setting realized. Because the odds are good you're not going to find anyone to work with. Not with something so personal. If you were willing to create something new with someone else that might increase your chances but what then? When you've got forty or fifty thousand words into a story with someone else and realize they're pulling in one direction and you're pulling in another it's going to be a lot harder to leave all that vs if it's something you've worked at on your own.

At least then it's yours. You made the decision and not because someone you thought was fun to work with ended up being not. In my case what keeps me going with Silv is my love for him. I'm hopelessly in love with my writing partner. Not everyone is fortunate enough to have that kind of motivation driving them.

I'm not trying to discourage you from working with others. I am, however, discouraging you from working with others unless you know for sure they're worth the time and stress invested. This of course brings us around to needing to find people to work with in which case my best advice would be to join some online writing groups and start working on some short stories. The best way to meet fellow writers is to get better at writing and help others get better, too.

Thanks! I am working on stories and such. It's just been painfully slow.