haha Totally get it - I did that post about spamming for follows... someone commented below it. "Nice dude I valid! follow me back!" and I don't think they were trying to be funny. So basically they didn't read it or they would know that they were doing the very thing I was disgruntled about.
Because Upvote and copypast thankyou reply are easier than reading, understanding (a lot of steemeans might not know English at all) and interacting
True- I have taken this into consideration. It just seems like a shift to have good feedback at one point and then nothing at another when you're working twice as hard.
also, you should consider the fact that a lot of people here came with the FB, twitter, Instagram background, where 'like' is the most valuable coin