I generally don't comment if the blog post doesn't inspire discussion. I leave the post feeling like there's nothing further to be said. There are some posts that are clearly meant to get a rise out of you, which I don't comment either. I'm long past wanting to have an Internet argument. I'm happy to leave the writer to be wrong.
I don't think you're wrong. I tend to wander around Hive finding interesting content. But, I don't have an established audience that comes back regularly to read what I write. And, I also don't tend to follow any set of writers exclusively. Therefore, not memorable to them. I have started delving into communities. They tend to be smaller audiences who are more supportive of each other within the community. Outside of the community, crickets. That's just the way it is.
I like to go into places where I can get some arguments going for kicks and giggles. Has something to do with avoiding the crowd think where if I stick to my yes crowd I'm not going to be open-minded, discussion happens when there is conflict to be resolved and I like stuff be built from conflict in a productive way that is. It's also nice to have some chill discussions like casual talks once in a while.
There aren't a lot of content consumers to go around but there are gems polished when some relationships can be built. The good kind I mean. I don't really read the content of everyone I follow, there's just too much time to cover and I got less time online to do all that so the most I could give is a few manual votes and small comments then catch up the next time.
I say creators just don't have to take it hard on themselves if they don't get a lot of engagement often, it's either they don't have skills or people are just too preoccupied with other stuff. It's a vague area not knowing whether you're good or not as a content creator when you can't get feedback all the more reason I appreciate people that can go past the engagement barrier and tell it straight what one needs to hear, be it praise or criticism. I don't know if this makes sense or not but I do appreciate you taking the time to make that lengthy reply. Not what I often expect to see which makes it more impactful. :>