Since criticism is seen as negative, this is the first problem the platform deals with and the second is that it will (is) hard to add value to a post if there is no criticism.
There are entire communities without a single comment except for auto-replies from bots, moderator reports. puss and with some luck an SC upvote/picture.
Since the biggest communities work this way, commenting will never happen, especially not if comments are not rewarded and a clear message is given that a platform is DEAD without comments.

The Steemit team is aware of this fact and the fight, push, contests and promoting have existed for years, but if many don't care or see the platform only as a place to leave a message behind (no matter the type of message) what can be done?

If it comes to art (all sorts of art) the only solution I see is to be with like-minded which is or always was the idea of communities (not that this means everyone is noticed, liked, talked to).

The solution I see to make people comment more (the SEC contests didn't work) is to have commentors active in communities and on Steemit. Next to that it would be good if commenting would receive support (this could also be a booming vote.

Since not everyone is able to read, understand, translate, ask, comment, let alone reward in an honest way, it might also be good to have a group being dedicated to do this instead of the community administrator, where those who do ward will not receive a booming vote themselves.

There's a Dutch expression (translated): If you feel it in the wallet you will be more stimulaten than when it is asked nicely.
It's my opinion Steemit asked long enough and tried enough. The only difference I notice is that there are no longer that many AI-generated comments, which I find a relief.

If it comes to my art, I do like to read myself, I do write in the first place for me, and I do like to look at what I created, no matter if it's a story, painting, photo, bread, pie or tombstone.

Are we all writers? It depends on what you call a writer. To me, most are not, and there's no need to. Photos can be shared, jokes, music, films, there are plenty of options to be an active member of this platform and add quality which I hope will happen since there's enough trashy content and this is not the platform I like to visit to read AI generated texts about vaginas and next seeing it being upvoted.

#wewrite #comment