I hate begging and I have never asked for upvote or follow exchange. I ask for upvotes but I say "If you like my posts don't forget to follow and upvote". It's with condition, if you enjoyed my writing please upvote it will encourage me to write more and more.
We all should encourage good writers and commenters because that's core part of our community. Don't you agree @golddeejay?
Yes, I do leave a message for people to upvote me and that was after they must had read the 'quality' content I provided.
Definitely good content provider should encourage but asking someone to upvote a post I have not read or does not interest me is the issue here.
Thank you for your contribution @asolopreneur
Asking votes for low (zero) quality with earning intention is begging. Asking votes for high quality posts with networking purpose is part of appreciation.