Yeah engaging it a skill on it's own. Some people are just good at it while others struggle to make a decent rapport over the other person they comment on. If you're concerned with the amount of time you're going to use when reading someone's post and commenting, check first their comment section and see how often they engage with other users too. You might just be talking in dead air and that's plenty waste of time.
Another thing I like to keep in mind when commenting is don't look at the stats or think about anything else but the content I'm reading. Some people are just forcing themselves to comment in the hopes they get curated for rewards and that's understandable. The thing is, it just gives you unhappy thoughts when you review your comment section as see barely few comments of yours are upvoted. That's not how it should be. You're commenting because you are interested about the person and not the rewards.
Just enjoy the social aspect of the blockchain and the rewards would follow without you even knowing it. Hell, I haven't made a post for leofinance for days now and I'm still surprised that I get Leo tokens every now and then only to find some comments of mine were upvoted. I don't look back unless I get a reply I can contribute further.
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totally agree! i said it in my post as well, when i am about to make a comment, that means that i have already read and upvoted the post. Also, to read a post i must find it interesting. If not then i don't care even if i would earn 10 leo rewards from it.
To sad thing is that by being 4 years in this platform i can easily understand who read my post/half of it/nothing as well as which accounts comment for the sake of visibility and upvotes. (and we are talking of known authors :P)
that's life though :P
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It happens. Some people are just there for the visibility. You would know if people really read your post if the comment was relevant to the topic beyond vague congratulations. I don't even get comments on my art posts and the phenomenon is quite common among communities. Leo community has more engagement on an average user's post which is good.
Sometimes there are posts that I find interesting but not really compel me to upvote it. We are conditioned to believe that upvote = compliment. This is the culture of the blockchain where posts/comments can gain monetary incentives. I don't like that kind of conditioning even if it benefits me. To the other party, you're conditioning them into thinking each time they interact with you, you get money and when there is a failure to follow up on that reward, the dopamine doesn't kick in and it contributes to bad experience between user interaction. I like the unpredictability of being rewarded when I comment.
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exactly! i still remember when steem's price was crazy, how many of these comments we all had :P
I think during that time even my vote was worth from 20 cents to 50 maybe more so imagine :P
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