Meaning of Kudos

[littlemousling]

Poll #10088 Meaning of Kudos

This poll is anonymous.
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

[musyc]

Chain of social obligations - I think that's a good way to put it. I've been dinged before because I either don't respond to comments or I respond months later. (My pairing-specific archive comments have been sitting there for six months, currently, because I ... god, the thought of responding to them makes me want to eat a box of glass instead. JUST THAT NERVOUS. And there's only so many ways I can say "thanks", in the end.) I love the kudos option, and I love receiving kudos, because it removes that anxiety and that so-called unspoken ~*~duty~*~ to be a "good fan/writer/person". It allows me to write my fics and provide them to people, and allows me to read fics and give that applause, both without the necessity of getting wrapped in a chain I can't carry.

[jiele]

+1

[beanarie]

I'd ask "Are you me?" but I know you're not because I could never word that so perfectly. Social anxiety is the absolute poops. I never know how to respond to comments without sounding flightily ungrateful with the endless thank you, thank you, thank yous or somehow coming off arrogant. Kudos are my most favorite thing. I was so happy when I made the switch to AO3.