Well yes, in reality, I believe subjectivity is based more on certain contents; for example I'm not a game lover so I rarely get caught up in posts that talk about gaming (even though I play I admit it, but of all my activities currently it's the one I could give up); of course I can also find the value in a post that is not similar to my arguments where the emotion of the writer takes over, maybe you are talking about a game that I don't even like but you also transmit emotions and experiences which for me is a value.
Obviously I have to be able to land on that post and touching on a topic that basically doesn't attract me will be more complicated.
I believe in many cases that what You define as value corresponds with my idea; regardless of the topic I love the interaction and the exchange of ideas and opinions and, when I find a post under which this happens, for me that is value.
It's true that I always prefer to see many comments under my posts, the more I have the happier I am because I can interact and maybe meet more people.
I believe that the litmus test should never be the number of votes taken, that is something that can mislead; of course everyone likes votes and it would be hypocritical to say otherwise but I don't think those are the index of being in front of a good post or at least, I don't think it's just those.
Furthermore, the value that can be brought to the Hive chain is not only given by the creation of the post but also by many actions that perhaps do not even get a reward; there are those who moderate, those who curate and those who keep everything going by writing the Hive codes, all these people bring great value and often many of the Hivers don't even know they exist; Hive could easily survive with a few less good quality posts but it sure wouldn't survive without the programmers coding the code...if that's not valuable, what is?
Listening to passionate people talk about what they love is intoxicating.
Yes. Some people write great posts, but generate no discussion, even when they are seen. Why? Often it is because they haven't built those relationships. If you walk down the street shouting at strangers, most people are going to walk away - but if you sit down with friends over a cappuccino, the conversation can lead into dinner and wine hours later.
A lot of people don't seem to know they are getting curated by a network of people who trust each other too. I have friends who send me posts at times to vote, and I send them some too :)