That is way too much though.
Agreed. I'm not even sure why there needs to be any specific allocation for comments. If you're commenting just for the sake of comment rewards, you're doing it wrong. That's not really "engagement." We already have a bunch of users who comment-spam on the platform. I would expect to see a lot more of that if there was a rewards pool just for commenting.
We also have a bunch of users who comment despite not having a separate pool for it. People who want to engage will engage anyway. I don't see much of a benefit taking away from posting rewards. Could it encourage more post engagement? Possibly. But I would lean towards more of a spam/bot issue and more tension from a lack of overall blog post rewards.
[EDIT] - As we can see on this post, commenting and comment rewards actually do work right now. I think this is evidence enough that we don't need separate pools and voting power for it. If posts are lacking engagement, it likely has to do with visibility and interest, not a lack of dedicated funds for comments. This seems like a "fix" to a non-existent problem.
Sometimes comments are more valuable then the original post ;)
True.
Sure. But those comments are usually rewarded. Why do we need a separate pool?
A 38 percent comment pool will drastically increase active users. It might Ben too high buyback it's worth starting too high than lowering . Look Arvind reddit all the value is commenters. It will also change the popular posts to be more conducive to comments
I agree that it's mostly a UI issue.
I think you drove over someone at 0:20
also what a classic "reply to top comment for visibility" move.
If the STEEM price hits $100, that's when @ats-david is "peacing out."
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