@tibfox, in my view, as you said as well in your comment, many Steemians comment on the post of the whales, in order to get upvoted and make some extra money. I am not from those guys.
Also, in my view, if you have good Steem Power, for example, if your upvote is, let's say, approximately $0,15-$0,20, then many Steemians will start commenting on your post, waiting for your upvotes. Then you will have an avalanche of comments :).
Thats absolutly true and the sad part of it.
hat is why I try to motivate them with the possibility of a delegation of much more value than an 0.2 upvote :P
We will see how it goes. Eventualy you will win every single month because you are commenting valueable on my stuff :)