Meaning of Kudos

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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

[(Anonymous)]

Just found out about this, wish I hadn't missed the poll. Truthfully, I don't give many kudos, because when I receive kudos I feel like they'll always just mean the "I finished this and didn't hate it!" option. Or maybe the "Good job!" option in a sort of condescending way. Because how can you adore something and not spend a minute writing an "I loved this!" review? AO3 could just put a poll like this at the bottom of the fic's page and it would be far better lol