Thanks for taking the time to drop by, read and comment. It's appreciated :D
There's a lack of incentives to engage that contributes to the problem. People are conditioned to think that when someone says I like your post it has to follow with an upvote or a reblog of some sort. This kind of thinking puts me off so bad. I can't give compliments without a corresponding upvote now when it's perfectly fine for other social media platforms? I mean, I could like the post but I don't find compelling me to upvote it kind of thing. A pet peeve of mine is finding user behavior playing lottery when posting hoping for that big upvote but the content looks meh in comparison to the value being given.
Of course, I understand very well what you mean, this time in fact reading your post I preferred to stop and write a comment telling you that there are people who read your content and appreciate them, and I avoided to start the command of the trials of which I am curator because it seemed extremely off-topic.
One of the few things I can say is that even if 5 people out of the 100 votes you get have actually read your article, those 5 people have appreciated your content and you don't have to put yourself down for the 95 who haven't read it but have followed the trial.
In the end you made me stop on the other side of the world to read your article and even if I'm only worth an upvote you deserved mine and I appreciated your content :)
Thank you for the kind words. I apply that way of thinking after realizing the whole system is bonkers but out of my control. It's not like that is going to change anytime soon and as more people enter the platform, they may still be hope to change an old trend.