Something feels different about people’s reactions to an OP in comments IMO. It is not always a thing, but more of a broad pattern. How do you personally view this? Do you see it too? Do you have some clear picture in mind as to why this difference exists? I have a few ideas, but don’t want to taint your takes on the subject.
To me, the pattern seems to be that OP comments tend to get less interaction overall, less voting, and less reply engagements. It is almost like there is an expectation that they are a host and not an actively welcomed participant in further conversations on more discussion based posts. I’m not talking about my own in isolation. It seems to be a general pattern with others too. Perhaps it is isolated to the content I am most interested in, but a pattern none the less.
Less so in Lemmy than previous websites, but I still anecdotally find OP comments to get more traction.
I wonder if OP’s comments are often clarifications or even polite “thanks, I’ll try that!” kinda comments. Which are useful and appreciated, but aren’t adding a major new response and so less likely to be upvoted.
Also, people often up vote what they consider the “best” response to the question or issue of the post. And usually OP doesn’t provide the best response to their own post.