Or is it just me?

I got four gifts this yuletide - all of which I commented on obvs - but not a single one of the four authors has replied.

I'm definitely NOT hardline 'authors must reply to comments'. I really don't care if you do or don't. But I guess I do kind of expect it for gift fics, since that has always been the norm in my experience. But four out of four is pretty conclusive that it's a dying trend... (Turns out my femslashex writer didn't reply, either. Interesting!)