You know, this is my personal opinion, which does not pretend to be called an absolutely correct opinion :), but it seems to me that the race for comments does not bode well, it distracts from creating quality content. When two people with close interests, perhaps a reader and an author, discuss something, something that can create others, then this is useful, and a lot of laudatory comments that do not carry any constructive, this is ... how to say. ...well, you know, remakes of bad shows with cheap actors and cheap acting. My opinion, as they say in one saying, is a good spoon for dinner, and if you try to stick this spoon where you don’t get it all day, then this is no longer a tool for eating, but a splinter in the soft part. In short, comments either have to be sincere, or they don't have to be at all. Reply to praise with the word "thank you", this is normal, but if a person likes your work, then you can replace the word "cool" with a few words that will carry an understanding of what exactly he liked, otherwise, you are praised, and for what they praise, it is not clear. So, if the curators pay less attention to the comments, then there will be fewer people willing and temptations to make money in the wrong way.