It seems to me like a lot of the dislike around Kudos is based on 2 premises, neither of which appear to me to be supported by any data:
1. The one you've debunked with this poll (that Kudos mean so many different things that they're meaningless).
2. Kudos "replace" comments, because people who otherwise would have commented leave comments instead (in fact, the data I've seen from AO3 indicates that people have left MORE comments since the Kudos feature was introduced.
I doubt debunking these notions is going to suddenly change the way people feel about Kudos, but I wish they'd stop using these ideas as rationalization for their dislike. . .
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1. The one you've debunked with this poll (that Kudos mean so many different things that they're meaningless).
2. Kudos "replace" comments, because people who otherwise would have commented leave comments instead (in fact, the data I've seen from AO3 indicates that people have left MORE comments since the Kudos feature was introduced.
I doubt debunking these notions is going to suddenly change the way people feel about Kudos, but I wish they'd stop using these ideas as rationalization for their dislike. . .