This is really a great post that of course many newbies will not read because they are more interested in posting than in commenting.
I started a 30day writing challenge for my countrymates here as a way to revive the Ugandan community. I have tasked each person to post daily 1 post and 10 comments.
I have stressed in our WhatsApp group and the Google meetings I have organized for them why commenting is key as you mentioned below.
Engagement is key on Hive and as a newbie, your first priority should be to build up your followers, organically. This, in plain English language means try to attract followers without begging. How? One thing that you can do is post good content that people may be interested in and engage with like-minded people
Let me even share this post with them and hope they will read and maybe even comment hehe.
Yeah, I see newbies posting multiple times, focusing on quantity, rather than quality.
The writing challenge is a very good idea as they learn to be consistent and also engage. At first, making 10 comments may seem like a task, but when you find a lot of interesting people, you will be dropping more comments without knowing it.
Congrats on the initiative and keep up the good work as helping newbies is very important. You can drop the link to my post, of course. If you think it helps, why not, after all the purpose of the post is to help.
I did drop the link of this your post to the group but I haven't yet received a reply or feedback from them hehe, maybe they are busy hahaha.