Just an observation: this is an algorithm. We function on our own, self designed, algorithms, even when we get up in the morning and put on our slippers.
Yes it is. At a community level, it is a very complex algorithm. There are group preferences, even though there are individual differences.
I hate to say this, but posts by persons with large upvote values, large enough to upvote a comment on any of their posts, will attract more comments.
This is true - but the quality of the conversation can differ also. You can see who is engaging well and building, and who is only doing it for the vote. Also, I have been voting comments most of my time on Hive, because I think it is a good way to support content creators, that aren't producing post content. I also reckon it is pretty cool to reward people who are engaging well :)
I do not upvote comments on my posts unless they are spectacular (@carolkean's for instance), because I really can't afford to.
Give it a 1% vote - like a read receipt. It might not be worth much, but it makes a difference - and of course, reply :)
Don't you think my just replying is enough? I try to reply to all comments, unless they clearly did not even read my post. One guy recently commented on a post about my grief for my son, and told me he enjoyed every word! lol I ignored that one.
Yes I do! But, spending the 1% provides something too. It is an added appreciation and costs (virtually) nothing.
Yep. Many people shouldn't get responses. I sometimes encourage some however, hoping that they will learn in time to improve. Some do, some don't.