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The beautiful part of engagement most top SP account owners don't know is that rewarding the engagement efforts made by your followers or contents consumers makes them stay glued to your timeline.

At least if you don't give them constant upvotes on their posts, then appreciating the efforts they make in reading and commenting on your posts. Nobody wants to go or remain where they are not appreciated.

When comments are not appreciated or responded to, it breeds ground for reduction of engagement

Surely, that's the point although it wasn't the only reason for me to come to Steemit.

It's not what the system is pushing us to do, it's what the system was originally designed to do, and nobody around here working on the core has half a brain to take it any further.

To tell you the truth, I think we have already broken this point with the last HF.
It was good in some cases but it also kills the engagement. The very same people is upvoted automatically and constantly and the content discovery is really low...or, perhaps this is only what I felt myself after being around since June 2017.

if we think join to steem just an effort to pAy our post, it is tottaly right.
if we just want to get money with Steem you are right again
but if we just enjoy this plaform as other social media, make a post as we do in facbook, twitter and reward become an other bonus we will.find excitements.
rewardwas we hope but it not just one and only..
and i feel with last HF we lost many good engagement.

Yeah.
Last HF is a hit