Interesting questions ok, bring them on!

• i do wait definitely for comments as not only that they cheer me up, i want to know what people have got to say about the contents of my post. we can learn a bit of their experiences, their thoughts, likes etc this way... More often than not, things they cant relate too are new experiences that they are reading. It doesn't take long and it's worth that extra mile to meet new followers and friends if you get lucky.

• Using name and community tags is quite important in a way that you are sharing things that may be relatable, useful, educational or beneficial to a group of Steemians who share the same issues.

• Networking. As a steemian since 2016, networking is me checking my feeds for posts that interest me and interact. One way or another, this for the same reason like your first question. Although the number of one's followers doesn't mean that this is the same number of people that reads one's regular posts.

• Promotion. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It all depends on my posts' contents.

As a co-founder of @walkofhope, promoting what we do on Steemit Philippines, plus updates not only is informative of our events for possible steemians to join us but also any support is very important to its' success.

Outside Steemit, a big YES! Having faith in the platform regardless of steem price is necessary to be able to proudly promote Steemit. I say this because i have seen the ups and down of the platform, the changes it have brought, the influx of new users...when people left for a reason or 2.
I was here when Steem was only 15 cents. Am still here regardless of not understanding all those dapps and HF20.
Am in facebook, twitter and IG...are they better that Steemit? NOPE...so why will i NOT PROMOTE our platform? Cheers!