Meaning of Kudos

[littlemousling]

Poll #10088 Meaning of Kudos

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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

[cypher]

I leave kudos on pretty much everything that I read and enjoy. Then I will also leave a comment if I have something more specific to say -- if I want to call out some turn of phrase or if they made me think about characterization differently or...basically, if my response to the story was more complicated than just "yay!"

And I love getting kudos, as a writer; I tend to assume when the email its my inbox that the reader has just had that experience with my fic. They read it, they feel good about reading it, they want me to know they feel good about reading it. Yay!

[hardboiledbaby]

Ditto (and Kudos!) to this comment! :)