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Unless those eight people work on very closely related problems, there is little value in having all of them in the same room talking for half an hour. Communication doesn't have to happen with the whole team if different parts of the team work on different parts of the software.

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If their work is that independent then the fact they're all on the same team seems problematic.

It's entirely possible to be on the same team as someone and not need to know the details of what they are working on.

What do you mean by "details"? The level of detail is highly context dependent. I'd argue that if there isn't a level of detail that all members of the team agree they should be interested in, then either the team is not composed properly or there is a misconception about the level of detail that is appropriate.

It's problematic because current business organisation fads seem to mean that anybody doing hands on work has to be "on a team".

Recognising the existence of one-person teams might help a bit.

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