Some interesting points raised here.

there is currently no view count function

I wonder if a developer could try this?

It's natural that no users leave comments, and they don't read other people's posts, so what kind of psychological reward can they get?

This is the unfortunate part of the systerm presently.

Well, some people still forcefully comment on posts especially in the SEC which is a shame.

Then again, there are genuine people who likes reading and commenting in their natural way. These ones are few.

I believe if everyone understand the good part of engagement in a post here..., then we would be one step forward.

I still have a positive and optimistic belief that Steem would be better in the future. But everyone needs to wake up.