I definitely understand. Some of the more recent changes have been driving a push back to people commenting, whether it was the change to the trending formula (that takes comment payouts into account), certain whales spending time to upvote comments, and even this experiment.

While there are always some fantastic users that leave a great comment on every post they open (seemingly) we can't expect this to naturally be for everybody. The system as a whole has effects that motivate people outside of these natural states, in reality because they see there's a chance of earning some money. I'm not saying this as a bad thing, just how people are.

Waaay back when in the early days, people commented a storm, especially when they saw some earning $1000+. For many it had to seem easier than writing and promoting a whole post. Eventually a good balance can be found to motivate people to post AND comment (ideally.) I do think we're going in the right direction. If nothing else, it's enjoyable for me to be able to actually give a penny to a comment now. Lol