It really depends. Comments get both direct votes / payouts and indirect payouts. If you get enough direct votes on a low quality post then you can still make good money. It is just less likely that people will see and vote on your comment in a low quality post.
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Could you explain this a bit more? What is the difference between direct and indirect payouts for comments?
here? I'm not suggesting doing this, just want to understand your motivation.Also, what is the reason why comment payouts are dependent on the parent post payout? Why don't we have two separate funds: one for posts and another one for comments, as @liondani proposed
Knowing the right split between the two would be pretty hard, although it could be adjusted over time by a witness median or something. Of course this is an issue with the 25% as well. Maybe the exact number doesn't matter that much, I guess we'll have to see.
I guess witnesses could have the power to amend this split if needed. Anyway, adjusting the parameters is an issue which refers to all solutions.
Typically when I vote on a comment it gets $20. It will still get $20 under the new system. If the comment was part of a discussion under a high payout post, then it would get $20 + discussion rewards.
And why a comment upvoted by you gets around $20 but a post gets something around $300?
Also, do I lose the same amount of Voting Power when I upvote a comment as when I upvote a post?
There is still so much unclarity in this area. I guess the rules are solid but they were never properly described. Somebody could make a killing by writing a proper post explaining every little detail of reward distribution.