I don't see it as a problem if there's lack of interaction. Authors need to earn their audience first and if their content doesn't trigger a reaction, then they need to work on a new gimmick
Exactly, @adamada.
I'm popping in here to add my perspective as a longtime WordPress blogger. I posted for years in relative obscurity (some would say I still do...lol) and it wasn't until I connected with a group of WP bloggers back in 2014 that I started getting comments on my blog, instead of people just hitting the WP "like" button & leaving.
However, that only happened after I went to a bazillion other blogs and left a bazillion thoughtful (not, "nice post") replies to other bloggers.
There are great pockets of engagement here on chain (check out @abh12345 Hive & Leo Engagement League posts to see some of it in action), but as you said - authors need to earn their audience. As communities grow, I think it will make it even easier for new people to connect with others in a relatively short amount of time.
While blockchain blogging is only a small part of our ecosystem, I think it's actually finding an active & engaged community (with upvotes as the cherry on top) that will eventually draw more people here, despite the consternation of some about the downvotes. I've actually had more traditional bloggers show interest in our community after mentioning, "comments" not "crypto."
Just adding to the great input above.
It's an attention economy. It's not that people are all the time are preoccupied about their own content, even if most of the time that is the case, it's more like taking the first move to show you care and attention gets reciprocated. Reciprocation is a drive everyone has when someone does nice things for them and it snowballs when an entire community has members doing it.