This is mostly because of the Leofinance threads.
We can even notice the recent spike when there was almost 40k comments a day.
Usually this number is around 25k. There were some initiative on threads that pushed the numbers to 20k threads a day, adding to the total comments.
SELECT
CONVERT(DATE, created) as date,
COUNT(author)
FROM comments
WHERE
CONVERT(DATE,created) BETWEEN '2023-05-01' AND '2023-05-23'
AND ISJSON(comments.json_metadata) = 1
AND JSON_VALUE(comments.json_metadata, '$.app') LIKE 'leothreads/0.3%'
AND depth != 0
--AND parent_author = 'leothreads'
AND root_title LIKE 'LeoThread%'
GROUP BY CONVERT(DATE, created)
ORDER BY CONVERT(DATE, created) asc
To pay for commenting to create traffic - not exactly a healthy, organic growth 😃
#threads is doing great at impacting the number of comments, I am hoping it stays that way after the ongoing initiative.
Comments strengthen communities. Posts without comments are just investment activities and not the interaction of people on the blockchain.
The engagement in thread is really increasing and that is really a sign of improvement and progress.