Hmm, I keep thinking about this and now I'm wondering if the people who say "kudos = my story wasn't even worth a comment??" are people who usually have the time/spoons to leave "I liked this" comments. And might just not be aware of how many people are simply not able to do that, thus transcribing "I don't have the spoons but I liked this" to "I don't even like your story enough to comment 'properly'".
It really comes down to realizing that yeah, 5 of the kudos might replace "yay, read this" comments you would have otherwise gotten, but they add a greater number of "I read this and probably liked it at least a little" from people you wouldn't have heard of anyway. So there IS a loss, somewhere in there. To me, the gain is greater though. (And yet I'm willing to go without those "yay" reactions from spoonless people when I first post to journal without crossposting to AO3. Comments still feel like a greater reward to me, something that I think is inscribed in our fannish culture right now. I never said I was coherent in my feelings on the subject >.>)
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It really comes down to realizing that yeah, 5 of the kudos might replace "yay, read this" comments you would have otherwise gotten, but they add a greater number of "I read this and probably liked it at least a little" from people you wouldn't have heard of anyway. So there IS a loss, somewhere in there. To me, the gain is greater though. (And yet I'm willing to go without those "yay" reactions from spoonless people when I first post to journal without crossposting to AO3. Comments still feel like a greater reward to me, something that I think is inscribed in our fannish culture right now. I never said I was coherent in my feelings on the subject >.>)