RE: Authors should upvote most comments made on their post, that's just good manners

I actually appreciate a reply to a comment from the author more than an upvote. One problem I see with Steemit is how fast posts date and become neglected, even though I still find them interesting. I have commented on posts that are more than 3 days old to a few weeks old. Often with genuine questions or points of discussion. For these questions or comments of mine to go unresponded to is what I find disheartening. If I get an upvote, sure that is nice, but it is the author's prerogative to do this and I'm not going to beg for upvotes. I think begging for upvotes is bad manners too.