You’re confusing economy with socialness. I don’t feel like I socialized more after going to a ATM than if $100 appeared on my pillow in the morning. There was no human interaction in either scenario.
It’s very evident you’ve never even played on a HC server or you’d understand people talk to each other constantly. I don’t know why you think you need to sell an auction to interact with people.
Is Valorant not a social game because there’s no economy and auction house? Like what are you even talking about.
Socialness is determined by how much people talk to each other. And they talk to each other more on HC than any other version of the game I’ve played.