It's been happening a lot here lately

Not sure what’s going on

The comments on the political memes typically won't get upvoted by the meme creator if they don't agree with them. I don't upvote political memes or meme comments if the user is just outright rude and name calling. Otherwise, I will upvote them.

So I'm not the only one then, haha.

I've even posted comments reminding them to do so.
One meme last year complained about not getting upvotes, yet the OP didn't upvote the comments even after replying to them.

This silly competition for the top has made some reluctant to upvote, as if they're scared of boosting the competition, even with those who won't even get close.

My submission for tomorrow , it does happen too much

I will tell you this. I have seen up votes magically disappear. However I have also seen posts where the meme creator did not upvote any one who commented. This is especially irritating on memes where they are asking for upvotes to reach a milestone.