It's probably the same for the me, I must have earned a fair bit once all those $0.025 comment upvotes were added up! Probably more than I do from curation now.
However I always felt that the true value of most comments was much nearer to 0 than to 3 cents, so I've no problem with the new system!
I did earn a lot that way as well! I got some $18 votes from a couple whales on comments, even a $80 from blocktrades once hahaha. I used to farm that. But now that the vote efficiency has been reduced to 50/50 and the vote value has gone down by a lot, people seem to have stopped upvoting as many comments and are instead focusing on using their votes for curation rewards (at least I am).
$80 on a comment?
That must have been a real double take moment!
I did used to put more effort into commenting when there were potential rewards, but I did find it a chore. I've always preferred to earn through posting.
I wonder if @abh12345 could do some analysis of how earnings for votes and comments have changed.
I actually quite like his new alt token system for rewarding comments.
!ENGAGE 20
Yeah! I want to research these tokens since a few days ago when I started getting a few due to my frequent comments.
I never found it bothersome, I read and type really fast, so I can make 30 comments in around 10 to 15 minutes. At that time, I wanted to increase my engagement. Ironic how the token you gave me has that name :P
The premise was that the more comments I made, the more of a chance that someone would click on my name and either follow me or vote a post. It worked better than I expected. I got around 900 followers in a month from 0 and many other benefits such as immediate invitations to join communities, lots of curation, etc.
I think commenting still has those benefits, and since I'm so talkative and happen to be skillful at it, it was never more than a really entertaining and productive pastime.
And if you see those statistics somewhere, do ping me, I'm as interested as you are because I find comment interactivity to be an essential asset on this platform.
Just ask to be added to the list at the bottom of this post, all the details are in it.
https://steempeak.com/hive-174578/@abh12345/the-curation-and-engagement-leagues-facd772e1d4afest
20 ENGAGE from @revisesociology!I think what I miss the most are those orcas and whales who would occasionally throw out some nice meaty upvotes on comments. It was always a welcome surprise. With so much competition on individual posts for curation rewards, it was nice to have something that was all my own.
It did get insane sometimes. I remember getting $20 for a comment once.
The all time record is nearly $3K.
Something not quite right about that though!
That is a little extreme, but if I had been on the receiving end, I probably wouldn't be complaining!
I got $80 once on a comment contest and I was very, very excited about it!
Same, I subbed to a lot of whales on Gina just to farm the upvotes every day. Made a lot of pocket change from that just by interacting a little. Then I disappeared, and when I came back it was no longer a viable business. Sad!
Yeah, I know, it is pretty sad that has went away. It was smart business though. You find someone with a lot of SP, read their stuff, form a bond and maybe just maybe they reciprocate a little.
Exactly, also had to measure the generosity. Some were extremely generous, while others upvoted like 1 comment or none, so you know where to head lol. I still see some people who upvote most of their comments but they're small like 0.05. Haven't seen the 0.1+ regular votes lately. I could check, maybe there are still a couple people who stayed doing that despite the incentive to change tactics.