Somehow, for me, my engagement has improved since steemSTEM went on break.
I think us going on a break and everything that happened (publicly) is getting a lot of the community members to realize the very real potential of steemstem disappearing and if preventing such a thing from happening is to engage more than people will have no problems doing that. I mean just for a metric lets look at the number of comments on the past few steemstem posts:
I mean it went from 19, 51, 36 to suddenly over 200. I mean we really aren't expecting 200+ comments on every post but like that shows that we are effecting the community. So I think, in regards to your question of:
How we can replicate this level of engagement if steemstem does come back is unclear
can be answered with we may not have to but we will see in the future when it presents itself.
I truly appreciate your comment (both original and this one) as it shows engagement of and beyond what most get. While I agree that disagreement, when polite, can bring forth communication but I also think that we could find communications out of agreement. Anyways, thank you for commenting.
Yes, quality discourse does not have to be argumentative. Thank you for always replying back. I hope the community members see the benefits of engagement for what it is worth and no go back to our old ways. All the best.