Most of votes were already there before any comment appear. Comment are there because that became "popular" because of autoupvotes. It is like fulfilling prophecy.

Are you maintaining that these commenters did not find value in the dialogue generated by the post? If so, by what rationale?

I respect that your position on voting is different from mine. It is my view that readers will look for quality regardless. The incentivization here on Steem helped me as an already passionate writer, who wrote and created content incessantly, without being paid, to step up my game even more and dig deeper to create real, honest, and more in-depth posts, because I now not only had my passion, but people recognizing me for it with units of cryptocurrency we both valued.

What is cool about this is not the money, but that I knew that my stuff had connected with people because they lended their own value to it willingly. Connection is all I am after all the time.

Plus, who doesn't have bills to pay?