Well its a selfless thing to do, as it will unlikely gain you much in curation, and perhaps not that much in engagement as these posts are generally swamped with garbage.
I would suggest finding comments you have something to respond with, and replying to these with an upvote - if you are going for engagement.
You might be right about the fact that they are in general pretty uninteresting to read. Cause I already read a few....
I was trying to come up with some kind of idea to support and encourage new users. As lots of them seem to quit Steemit very quickly.
I think I have to think a bit longer about such an idea. Also because there are already done bots doing a similar thing.
I do find rewarding a good introduction post not a bad idea, but it could be a poisoned gift! It will increase the believe in the fact that Steemit is indeed a quick rich scheme!
The next 5 to 10 posts, will probably get a payout of around 0, which will crush the motivation and lots of them then decide to leave the steem blockchain!
Then I should also write some kind of encouraging comment. In which I explain they need to have some patience.
Btw, did you read all comments on Ashers post?
Nope, not yet. Should I? Running a little bit out of time!
No, I was just wondering how you found this comment?
Perhaps you read all my comments?
No, I am not a stalker. Far from!
To be honest I have no idea why I did get caught up in this conversation!
I didn't talk about stalkers. I even think it would be a good idea to scroll through comments of certain persons.
Take @taskmaster as example. He says he earns quite some money with commenting. So it might be wise to check out his most valuable comments.