Quality engagement is a symptom of a good post.
I think this is certainly true. As engagement on its own isn't always synonym for a quality post. Look at all the bot comments or giveaway posts with hundreds of comments.
But on the other hand, when I look at myself, the chanche that I respond to an article is bigger if it's a qualitative article (atleast in my subjective opinion). As my upvote is rather small, I'm quite new and still trying to improve my hive engagement, I'll 'reward' the athor with a comment.
A few months ago, I saw a challenge of making 500 meaningfull replies. Don't know anymore whos challenge it was, but it's a good start for someone (new) to up his engagement, in line with your article.
It was a pleasure to read your article!
Yes. Nonsense. You will notice that on my posts, there aren't many bot calls. They happen, but not too often :)
This is the way to do it. And if you think about being in any community, the value comes in many forms depending on what resources an individual has. An individual with no money, can still add value with time and skill for example. However, someone can also choose not to add anything, but take what they can.
Those challenges can help people build engagement as well as habits :)
Didn't really think about it that way but yes, it's true in real life aswell. People can contribute to a community / organization /... in a lot of different ways: financially, spending their time, giving ideas, using their network, etc