I'm in total agreement with what you've said. All of this does show that people do care, and while we can all improve with our comments and our outreach, it's good to recognize the positive influence we already have going.
I'm new to the leagues, but I know you've been around a while and working up the board, (for all I know, you may working your way back up the board), but I haven't had much interaction with you yet, though I have seen you commenting in places I've ended up.
So, hey, how's it going? Glad to meet you, and we'll just keep keeping on, right?
I think one time I got to number 5, and I am going to go hunting them all up, just to see if I am maintaining my consistency, or not. In the early going most of my comments were 50%+ canned response for newbieresteemday, and greetersguild and IFC, but those days ended 3 weeks ago I think, So I have either 3 or 4 weeks I can use as a consistency measure.