The first thing I generally do is look at replies, it takes a rather appealing headline to hit me to read it before I go take care of the people who took the time to reply to me. Maybe some day down the road I will find I have way to many replies to answer but those people took time for me so I am going to take the time for them. Showing people you care enough about what they have to say has been working well helping separate those who are only replying for the upvote/money then are gone from those who really want to develop interactions that develop mutual respect and admiration for each other's post regardless of stature.
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Since this is a pretty part time gig for me, and I am having less and less time actually available to be part of this community, there are many days where I barely get to replying to the comments people have left for me.
As you say, comments are really a good way to sort out the people who care about community (and maybe content) from those who are just here to "click buttons for cash."
I don't much care about "rank." I've watched several of my followers post their earliest comments here with 20-something rep scores, and now they have passed me up and gone on to "greater things." Which is kind of cool... shows that doing something like that is totally possible.