Wonderful post.
At times I tell people to engage and they are like it's not easy.
I feel why it is hard for them is because they are either trying to chase those who give upvotes or just wanting to do it for doing sake.
I guess they get the message wrong when they say engagement is key.
I know people who have set targets for themselves, to have a number of comments per day, which is not a bad thing as long as those comments are relevant and good quality. But chasing people for upvote is wrong.
Back in the day when I registered, there were a lot of comments like nice post and also people asking for upvotes. This is not happening anymore, or I don't see it happening.
There are now newer ways. Sometimes they just go off-point.
@blindspot's story is so pathetic