Thanks Hive account@sarahspeaks144! My long comment conversations with you sort of crystallized an awareness that had been growing in me of the need to encourage and support good thoughtful commenters like yourself. In a way, you had a hand in the creation of Hive account@r-bot :)

I believe strongly that Steemit is not a blogging platform, or at least, not just a blogging platform and we need to encourage good dialogue generators and participators as much as we need to encourage original content creators. I love Hive account@aggroed and have not run into Hive account@jesta, will check out the link. Cheers - Carl

PS stay tuned for the actual "Good Comment Initiative" coming soon from Hive account@r-bot