In the past I used to upvote all comments I was getting. Even something as basic as ,,nice post'' or a single emoji. I also give away 5 percent of posts payouts by adding commentrewarder as beneficiary. I also used to say thank you to all replies I was getting. For me it seemed like a polite thing to do. But recently I became more picky about what I upvote(and even what I reply to). If I don't have anything else than ,,thank you'' to say I no longer respond at all.
I like seeing my HP and HBD numbers grow. Most of my money is here. In my bank account I have much less than my Hive account value. but for a few months I will be powering up/putting in savings less because now I am saving for wooden briquettes. I like living in Lithuania but sometimes I wish that we would not have winters at all. That would allow me to become Orca faster.
As with you, I don't upvote every comment because some are just rubbish and there's a few I don't respond to in some way, but not that many.
Keep up the good work, do it consistently, and things will start to happen.