Very good point, well made and well written!

Thank you for the timely reminder! I try and interact and upvote those who comment on my posts. But sometimes, I am just disappointed!

I see users go off and post some rubbish and then pay a bid bot and then upvote themselves and then complain about how they don't make any money... And all I am thinking is... Just tell me what you think in response to what I say and I will give you an upvote that will be a far greater return on investment of your time, than ALL that rubbish they have learnt from some bid bot owner.

But hey, as they say, you can take a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Sorry for kicking the horse again 😉

@kabir88
Steem on

Comments are def the best way to get your name out there on the platform and promote engagement.

Well now I feel cheap for commenting, thanks for that.

You are right though. People feel drawn in to comment zones where they know that they can get big upvotes on occassion and really mdo their best to leave comments that catch attention.

Meanwhile, comment zones of less influencial voters are usually left somewhat barren aside from the few actually dedicated readers.

Well yeah 😁 Been blowing these horns for a while. Comment and curate your own blogs comments is how it is for the new arrivals.  Larger stakes don't care so much, it takes time, and this ain't Proof of Time.

常常见有两句话：
• 沉默者是大多数；
• 条条道路通罗马，达到目的才是结果。

There are often two sentences:
• The silence is the majority;
• All roads lead to Rome, and the goal is the result.

I have noticed that the people who don't upvote comments generally don't get very many of them unless they are heavily using bots and making it to the trending page.

Obviously you need some more VP, let me help you with that.

I'm curious if it would make sense to integrate this with @noisy's new thing. Maybe there are some whales out there who really want to help people  curate their comment sections, and would lend out some voting power for that specific purpose.

You got a 30.44% upvote from @ocdb courtesy of @meno!

This is a fantastic topic and I'm glad you tackled it.  It's part of my biggest concern about STEEM, and that's engagement and sometimes the lack thereof.

I just mentioned on another Steemians comment section that I'm not out looking for upvotes for my blog directly, I'm looking for the comments on my blog so I CAN upvote them lol

Backwards thinking maybe, who knows...But I feel if someone takes the time to comment on my blog, the least I can do is not only respond but also give them an upvote.

Still learning my way around these parts...But that just makes sense to me if we truly want engaging communities here.

Yeah, curate your damn comments, @meno! I'll take three bricks to go, please.

Upvoting comments and even paying for interactions is the best way to get it, want it or not this plataform is a job for most of the users and in the long turn is the best way to keep people interested in engaging with you. But since you put this in perspective to me, now that I think about it, maybe because I do not upvote generic comments I am not geting the genuine ones... could that be?

Hahahah.

I've missed this wisdom already, I have been facing with electricity issue of late, I'm struggling to have my phone charged and that's why you don't see much of my presence on your page and on steemit per say, but I'm saving up money and I've started powering down to get a laptop in order to save the situation, that is the only way out for me now so that I won't turn a total stranger here... Lol 

If you see a community man, he will value interaction, and that's is who you are. I've missed you man... Smile

I vote up the good comments on my posts to encourage people to come back. Just have to watch out for those who are trying to exploit my generosity. I sometimes vote on comments for other posts where I think some should appear higher up.

It's harder for new users as their vote is not worth much and they may only be able to give 100%, but there are ways to get the vote slider.

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> Neighbourhood horses as soon as @meno starts typing

Hi.
How right you are
Tickets with exceptional quality and get nothing.
You have other very little worked to say nothing.
And they are full of votes.
I like to vote in person. Read everything I can and sometimes it is not easy since I use the translator and for a while to this part if I translate it, the page is hung.
So my life is copy and paste, read in my language, put it in the translator and copy and paste.
But I am happy visiting everything I can.
If the day would have more hours.
Happy Thursday friend

Me parecen muy atinadas tus ideas expuestas en este post. Por ejemplo, llegué a ti (y luego a este post) por un comentario que hiciste a un post de @celfmagazine, y al leerlo, me pareció interesante visitar tu blog.  Valoro muy especialmente el ejercicio del comentario, y trato de hacerlo con respeto, discreción y cuidando la pertinencia de lo que expreso en ellos. Saludos.