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

[jiele]

I love that little button. Comments=social interaction, and most of the time I'm reading to de-stress from things including social interaction, so being able to say "yay!" without the stress is wonderful. If I had the social energy to comment on everything I (finish) reading, that would be nice, but I just don't.

In addition, when I really like a work, it gets a bookmark+rec. Which is about 90% of what I finish reading.

I kind of dislike the word "kudos", probably because it just seems....like a word nobody uses? Idk exactly. I love the ♥ part of the button though.

Oh! But I usually leave comments for people I actually talk to. Which is really only like 2 people. Lol. I think it's because we already have a social-type relationship, so I feel comfortable saying something like "omg ilu u *insert-affectionate-insult-here", as we do in other conversation, without having to worry about how my comment will be perceived.

Though in the case of people I talk to via twitter, if I have something short to say beyond "yay!", I'll probably @-reply them, because it feels more personal.

....so, teal deer:
kudos=stress-free yay!
comment=This was mind-blowing/I actually know you.
bookmark+rec=I read and enjoyed and kudosed.