It is very good question commenting is it wasting time or something effective, helpful, funny?
The most comments usually come back to the critical questions, to the "hot topics" the reason why, is because this is an area where we all have different opinion and would like to share it, would like to explain and sometimes to convince people. It is not easy job but you might also have noticed that the matter is not of expressing our thoughts and stand but how we do it.
Actually, there are people who are very good in responding in such situation, they are real diplomats because they express their opinion but the same time they stay neutral, probably Politician should have such tutorial :)
I think it is important to read and understand what is in post reflected, to accept it because we all have different points. To stay fair, respectful because we all deserve that and express our opinion, which even after our explanation could be not accepted.
What I actually also noticed, that in any critical posts many stay away because they do who want to show up themselves, often they do not want to fall as a victim between two parties, like there are often situation when I was criticising the Steemit Team those posts did not have many comments which was funny, people did not want to be "bad guy" but I do not care, it is life and it is good to know what people think from a person directly.
I believe if the post neutral about events, diary, anything a person did then I do not think in such situation comments should be lengthy except there is really something that you wanted to tell and comment automatically became long. I believe the person who did post and received a long comment where not much to answer also will be confused and it is you know yourself weird situation to respond short to a long comment.
It seems to be that becoming a good commenter is also a kind of experience that we learn while we are doing that. That is why it is easy just to count on our fingers those ones who are very good commenters and we now see more of comments of those people are supported. I hope you also noticed that. Well, wishing you nice day and as always great to chat with you.
Commenting on Steemit is meant to engage, that's how I see it. If this isn't the case and we only have to say : well done, we can add a thumbs up or thumbs down or we sacrificed with the idea of an upvote. I say idea because I noticed many upvotes given are 0 even if it's given by someone with a big wallet. This trick I also see done by newbies to get a higher CSI - 3% of nothing... but nowhere proof they read or ever commented.
Long, short if it comes to comments (and engagement) I agree it can be learned but also that if you never talk and only cite what is written a real engagement does not exist. If this is not what we want I prefer to drop my personal comment where I have read or like to use my own bot to answer.
If you know anyone who can help me out/explain, please. Seem for investing Steem bot o whatever. I think my community deserves that and should not only pay and upvote others.
I meet plenty of people who love to receive a comment and want to engage and ask for a friend.
Thanks for stopping by so fast again and typing your fingers off. Teaching commenting is planned.
Yes, I noticed commenting is more rewarded. We mainly upvote comments. Many of mone are unrewarded by the way.
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Yes, it is life, I believe from the old rewarding scheme we got used to upvote comments w. SCXX with small % although often they have better content and worth of support, like I remember one person said I would love to re-steem your comment but it is not possible.
I hope from now on with your introduction of voting comments with the same strength as a post may encourage other curators to do so. But I am afraid that there will be again some who will give high upvote to comment that might not be as good as supposed to be, we are all human and all do that mistake.
In my opinion your every comment deserves upvote, you are a real gain for Steemit platform!
That I wish I could do too resteeming a comment. Pity that option isn't given.
If it comes to voting comments the long ones we upvote higher than a post. Why because I notice that if I upvote comments I have to do that with a higher percentage than if I upvote with the same amount on a post!
There are many great, super long, and informative comments and one leads to the next. I go from comment to replies, see a new name, and read again the comments and replies and you read completely different content. Photos, videos, great reports, interaction, engagement everything you don't see if you only see a post. Not many will read the comment section which is kind of a pity but also understandable because that load button isn't easy and if you read one comment and want to go back to the comment section you have to scroll the entire list again. Can be this is only with phones but it's not easy and at times my eyes hurt if I scroll down fast to see the second page of the comment section.
The best to get a laptop, you will be able to write more and it will be more enjoyable :)