There is such a thing as the "unwritten rules" of Steem. Maybe those who have been here for a year or so would not only agree with me on this one, but would be able to recite them as if they were the authors themselves... which would be both funny and creepy! hahahha

In any case, as much as its anecdotal, the fact that you won an upvote for participating of this conversation with me, you will find other older users (steem time, not life time) who reciprocate in this same manner and those who don't... well, they are probably still trying to figure out how this reciprocity, kindness thing works.