I wonder if making a lot of posts with relatively few comments is counterproductive?

I think the bot accounts that repost everything from a subreddit or the like are definitely counterproductive and don't encourage participation. It's like walking into a room of robots beeping at each other. They're probably my biggest pet peeve here.

This is also why I end up posting in communities that aren't necessarily hosted on my own instance. They're more populated and that encourages more participation.