And now I will comment (how meta LOL) - YES I also noticed many more claps on my comments than to my stories. And Medium tells me "Congratulations on responses to your story." It's not my story it's my comment and why congratulate me? I also agree, it is valuable (to me) to comment and to receive comments about my stories - I value the interactions - clapping? Not so much. Now let's see how many people will clap for THIS comment (how meta meta.)