I agree. When using your time for your own blogs you will have the tendency to explore more options, what to include, how to make it better based on your preference, etc. while when engaging with others, it's like the template is already there and you just need to expound a bit what you wanna say.
There's no template for engagement though. If you use the same approach for all people, the people catch on. I think quality engagement is custom made.
My bad, shouldn't have used the word template. Like the topic was already there based on the post of other people, your response will just follow along the line of that topic whereas if you are gonna make a post, you have all the options in the world to choose from which could further lengthen the time spent.