Agree, I think commenters should be rewarded. I am trying an experiment in July where I share ALL my SBD's earned with a good commenter and a good resteemer (who gives a good reason why, no blind re steems)
I explain why I do this here:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@the-traveller/big-pay-out-and-some-lessons-learned-about-stimulating-comments-vs-payoff-about-randowhale
Very interesting experiment.
I am a stout supporter of the Idea Economy and the Attention Economy. What you are doing is definitely going to spur engagement and encourage discussion.
Do quote some outstanding comments you stumbled upon so far in your posts and we can help each other. Afterall I feel competition is obsolete in this new economy. Profit is found more in cooperation rather than competition.
Good point, I should definitely add that as a "final thoughts" section!
This one and the one before had really awesome comments and a decent pot.
But with the recent price drops, it seems people also stopped engaging...
The last few articles don't seem to get any traction whatsoever.
I hope the price stays low for a while so people who are coming for the content aspect will allow the platform and discussions on it to mature, crowing out all the spam-for-upvotes.
I think once in a while a low price period might actually be quite healthy long term for the platform and quality posters.
For my experiment it will be interesting to see if the size of the pot makes any difference or people do it for the recognition...