It's funny how the various social media platforms all have their different comment patterns. In Reddit, a common reply you find is "THIS," used to emphasize support of a comment when someone thinks their single upvote does not sufficiently bring it above the competition. I could see that same reply being used here differently as a way to cleverly--or not so cleverly--siphon upvotes from a well-crafted post.
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THIS.
(is true), so it can be a challenge to encourage better communication on steem. However, since payment is involved here, I think it is acceptable to be a little more demanding of what is considered a good practice here... especially since people vote with rewards for decent comments.
"This" would be an example of a basic comment like "Awesome Post" or "Nice." I think people should leave comments when they have something to say about the post. The comments should be a response to the post for the author, or a response to another comment. When I look at comments, I hope to see someone saying something about my post to show they read it :)
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