JAN 2017: ~16 month: ~480 day
1662 posts | 8737 comments
8737/480 = ~18.20 comments per day
1662/480 = ~ 3.46 posts per day
Because I post a lot and often get engagement, most of my comments are on my own blog too. I also upvote many comments and spend ~2 full votes a day on people's comment. I figure that people go to a ot of effort to comment so it is the least I can do. Although it is hard to get to them all, I try my best to answer as many as possible adequately but, it gets difficult sometimes.
Awesome stats. Thanks for sharing.
Many of my publications used to get a decent amount of comments but it feels like there have been a decrease in comments these past ~3 months or so. Nowadays I'm lucky if I get ~10 comments, but it also depends on what I publish.
However, my approach has always been that I need to take care of my own blog before anything else. My readers and my followers comes first. After that, I'll go for other things. That's why I strive to reply to the comments I get on my articles but even if I don't respond, I upvote the comments 9 out of 10 times, as a token of appreciation.
Like you said, it takes time and effort to write comments, which is why I would never just ignore them. I don't understand how some authors can ignore and neglect their supporters that way.
Sooner or later, I guess the authors who've been neglecting their supporters will be punished for it, in some way.
Edit:
I obviously understand that it would be nearly impossible to respond to all if I had 100 comments on each article I published... But some authors doesn't seem to care at all. No matter if they get 1 or 100 comments. That's just a shitty behaviour in my opinion.
They don't care. I know some very overly rewarded writers who barely engage and when they do, it is only with the higher reps/SP holder. My comment/engagement level is really high mostly because I reward but, also because I decided not to care too much about the Rep and just answer the comment on its merits. Of course, the people i know will get attention generally anyway and it is more casual.
Yes. I think there is also a timeliness to it. 3-4 days is too long. However, I have had to start skipping reading backwards too far as ther are just too many. I try my best though. A lot of the time now, commenting takes longer to write than the post...
I hear you!
People comment on old articles of mine from time to time. A handful of times per week at least, and I usually ignore those.
If I would get 30-40 comments on each article I publish, I'd probably be forced to reconsider my approach a bit too, as it's time consuming to keep up with the comments. But I would never ignore all of them. Not today and not if I had 1 million SP or SBD either. That's just rude as hell.
Before I started to study though, my approach were slightly different because I had more time to invest on Steemit. Since I started to study, I've been struggling to keep up with all the things I want to do, but I'm trying.