Get over it. It is highly likely if you have gotten 5 comments perhaps 1 person actually read the post :) The other 4 are just commenting to show engagement.
I read your more posts than the posts I comment on xD
If you got 1 comment, 5 people might also read it without commenting BUT I GET YOUR POINT TOO 😆 (people farming upvotes in any way possible these days)
Also, I am thinking alot of the changes happening in all social media and Hive is giving good competition to the rest of the world. For example, utube shorts r filled with bot farm content creators. Sometimes we r talking on internet without knowing we r arguing with a bot.
Me too, I probably only upvote one in ten posts I read. I probably comment on even less. Except for the authors that I know are going to provide me with something that makes it worth commenting. Worth, in the sense that I may be able to expand what they've written, or share a personal experience or anecdote that others in the comments may see and add to the conversation.
I wish I had time to read that many posts... I usually focus on the most interesting posts of my "Most interesting" list, try to read them all, and I do upvote them all - as they're usually adding something to my life. But when I read something, I always try to comment, as the engagement is important to me - but if I can't add value to it, as you wrote, I rather just enjoy the read and upvote.
Ah, the benefit for me is that unemployment lets me spent so much time here. I am a pest in everyone's comment sections. You can't stop me!
I am sure more people read my post than they comment:)
But I say I am an anomaly. I stand by what I said about most people.
You can be very frightening if you want to, indeed 😅 I personally enjoy the critical engagement, but I can see why it might scare others.