I do think most people are here mostly if not only for the financial aspects and miss out on making connections and friends in the social aspects of what Hive is.
I think a lot of us are. Especially those who need the money to pay the bills. But when I read the comments on this post a lot of people would like to have more engagement too.
Yes, you do create a financial incentive again, but it might be just the push some people need.
And the result will be more engagement.There are initiatives like @commentrewarder and the OCDB comment nominations to generate more rewards for comments.
I'm also playing with another idea (besides this #aap initiative) to promote engagement via comments.