Ok, so your instance had 11 people. You call that MMO? This morning when I logged to EvE there was 36000 people playing (EvE uses only one server) and one way or another I could interact with them.
The more I think I start to see that SW:TOR is a single player game with MMO scam to get $$ out of you. Not because it's all new but because one can go on and play pretty much all alone from start to the end. Few little gimmick to make you grouped for few minutes don't make this a MMO.
They rushed this thing big time.