There's @dustsweeper which can help upvoted comments climb above the dust threshold - I can honestly recommend it.
Post engagement is author's responsibility, and it is not that difficult to build up enough HP for rewarding comments (not the "cool photos bro!" style) within a couple of months since joining Hive. I don't see much space for automatization beyond Dustsweeper, which always upvotes only those comments, that have already been upvoted by somebody else.
I doubt dustsweeper has enough voting power to cover all minnows who vote comments to get them past the threshold. don't remember who ran it and tbh didn't even know if it was active still as I hadn't noticed it (didn't check right now if it is)
As far as I know, it pays off the delegators, and it is a paid service in a way. I believe it is quite viable.
And yes, it is operating.
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