$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