Meaning of Kudos

[littlemousling]

Poll #10088 Meaning of Kudos

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Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 369

When I click the Kudos button, it most often means (one or more of) the following:

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Good job!
261 (70.7%)

I liked this!
339 (91.9%)

I finished this and didn't hate it!
60 (16.3%)

I ADORED this!
204 (55.3%)

I like clicking buttons and assign no meaning!
4 (1.1%)

None of these options apply
6 (1.6%)

This is a sort of follow-up to bethbethbeth's great Kudos/Comments poll here. There are a number of comments there discussing the various reasons people click the Kudos button, some of which may be more common reasons than others.

Feel free to expand on your answer!

Comments

[glitteryv]

I love both receiving and leaving kudos. The first because it lets me know that someone read my fic and liked it. The latter because it's my way of telling someone "I liked your fanwork but I: a)might not have the brainpower/spoons to leave a comment; b)I'm reading/watching this on my phone and don't have the patience to type up my (typically long and enthusiastic) comments; c)I'm reading/watching this very late at night. OMG, I ONLY HAVE X AMOUNT OF HOURS LEFT TO CATCH SOME ZZZ'S BEFORE WAKING UP FOR WORK".

FTR, I tend to leave comments solely on fanworks I really liked or loved. For one thing, I've got very limited time (once you factor out work and sleep hours AND add "free time", i.e. when I interact in Fandom/read or write fic/what-have-you) to leave comments on every fanwork I come across (which, when it comes to fic, is a lot.) In a way, I like to think that, because I don't leave comments on everything, those who get a comment from me will get an extra kick from knowing that I was seriously starry-eyed about my rambling on about their fanworks.

If I'm feeling totes \o/ about whatever I've enjoyed, I'll leave a Kudos AND a comment. It's like an additional tip of the hat to the writer/artist/vidder/mixer.