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

[esteefee]

Except they HAVE said a word: "kudos". In fact, in your scenario they've said it several times.

Saying the same word 14 times in a row is *meaningless*. Try it. Or at least, coming from one person, the meaning is, you aren't worth a single *other* word. They just read 80K of my words, but couldn't write me *one* of their own. Instead they rang my doorbell 14 times and ran away. It's just very, very weird, is all I'm saying. I find it the opposite of communicative in that context.

But since I'm choosing to read these malicious kudos they're sending as unambiguous compliments

You're really putting a straw man out for me. I don't know where you're getting that from what I said. In general, I consider kudos to be gifts, just the least valuable kind, that's all I'm saying. I would rather have one comment from one person than a whole passel of kudos on a story. They don't feel like interaction to me.

I just wish you (and those who share your feelings) would make it clear that you expect a certain kind of feedback from all readers of your work in the header info

Wow, again: straw man. I don't *expect* anything from my readers. Do not expect. Would like very much? Sure. Hope to get them and get jazzed if I do? Yeah. And I do the same as I hope: I comment a lot. Because I believe in the economy. But we're talking about kudos here, and I am just saying: I don't think they're good for the economy.