Argh. "Reader engagement" is YOUR business metric. Not ours. We want others to read OUR stuff, not just spend a lot of time clicking around to random things your algorithm throws up against the virtual wall.

I have twice as many followers as I had last year, I write more, and I comment more and yet my earnings are down. There hasn't been one month this year that exceeded the good months from last year. So, no, "reader engagement" isn't my goal. It's yours.