It was a heavy month also because we tried to divide the votes among countries and communities always ignored plus we kept an eye on gender and the smart!/talent part we set for a goal. Since our upvotes are higher (up to 100) there are fewer posts but at the same time we are more "pickie".

If a team sets no goal or ignores what they promised it's just click, vote, leave and ready within 1 hour.

Many we voted for in September 2024 left but others returned and curating is easier if if you are everywhere, remember names, check if people are okay and comment yourself.
Your advantage is for sure you are a commenter and we share the same interests. If you wouldn't like art for example it is an impossible task.

We noticed since we started in September there were teams not voting for comments at all or they did a few in the last week and in most cases these are the same people.

Searching for good comments + commenters/people who really engage is very time consuming if you are no commenter yourself.
Have a look at the curators their comment section, you will be shocked.
The same counts for the number of comments shown by steemworld.org and the tools used. 95% if not more is no comment but the "thanks", "great", "next time I will" and are moderator reports with or without AI added text.

I am 100 percent sure that if I count the real comments the list with top commenters will look completely dufferent. It was the same with #miner-wewrite and it is if I look at Art & Artists.

It:'s time to let the brain and hand rest and enjoy the fun part of Steemit and good weather. 😁

Thanks for giving a hand. It might be good if more ACs would reward comments but it is hard so an idea might be one member only focuses on comments, an expert not a fake commenter.

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