I like it because you'll pay me to say I like it!
That's a fair thing to say. And is good feedback.
The reason I mentioned it this time is because the feature is not used that much by content creators yet and I wanted to give it some exposure.
I just don't want to see a post about someone holding the comment lottery vote each time they get it. If people don't know when it's coming, maybe they'll comment more, because that post might be the post, but if not, at least the words are genuine.
Also very fair.
I don't think you did anything wrong here. It is a cool little bonus prize you folks get to play with and rewarding folks is always fun. Worst case scenario though is how once this is well-known, some people might seek out the posts rewarding comments and ignore the rest of the posts. If they know about the bonus but don't know where it is, they'll be everywhere, and of course only the quality comments actually get the rewards, so it should come naturally.
It's been somewhat quiet around here lately so these incentives are a good thing. As someone who doesn't use the service, I'm almost jealous!
Almost.