I’m an introvert too and I feel you, but if you work in an office, part of your work is having conversations, taking cofee with your workmates and such. As you have said, it helps getting help from them and getting favours.
Literally in an office work they pay you to do this bonding that allows you to do your work better. You are expected to take time to do that things. Think about it as if it is some task that you don’t like but is part of your job.
Does it personalise the result based on your tastes, pages you visit and previous searches?
I tried duck duck go but I don’t like how u personal are the results. This last month I switched to bing and it was better. Some years ago I wouldn’t belive that bing could be better than Google.