Blog Etiquette? Is there such a thing?

I know there has to be such a thing as blog etiquette and in the livejournal world, the basic etiquette is replying to comments. But you can do that there, individually. Does anyone know if there is a way to do that in blogger? Does it matter?

I guess for me, I want whoever takes the time to comment to know I did indeed read their comment and appreciate it. Or do you say that by visiting their blog in return? I think I made a boo-boo when I left a reply to a comment here at someone else's blog. They were nice enough to not chastize me but I got the subtle message and I felt like a doof.

In the end I'm a perfectionist and want to do things right. Hell, I even took the music off my blog because it seems that most people find it annoying and distracting. Instead I linked over to my Pandora stations.

So anyway, I guess I'm just looking for everyone else's views about certain etiquette, etc. Or maybe I just say to hell with it, this is my blog and if you don't like it, tough cookies??

Happy Sunday!