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

[aquila_black]

I feel slightly guilty for not having time to read all the comments before I leave a comment (so apologies if this has been said before) but it's this or nothing, so ... I wish there was an anonymous version of kudos. Or for that matter, reviews. There are stories that I want to be able to leave positive feedback on, without having to (potentially) explain having read. This is taking into account the person I was as a teenager, who was a lot less comfortable in fandom and a lot more lurk-inclined than I am now, and it's taking into account the fact that a lot of things, while they aren't downright illegal to be writing or reading, are certainly looked down upon by society at large; feared with an irrational sort of ferocity. For example - I read an excellent story that contained the rape of an underage character. It was well characterized, uncompromisingly portrayed, and thoroughly canon-based (the story acknowledges this happened, it just didn't happen onscreen). Given my physical location, though, I hesitate to give the author feedback about the fact that they wrote an amazing story. Or better said, I hesitate to put my name to such feedback publicly, despite the fact that they deserve support and encouragement for tackling a tough topic and handling it well. I'm sure I'm not the only person who's run into this, in one form or another. Suggestions would be welcome.

[zebra_in_dream]

If it's a seldom occurrence, you could log out. If you do it more often, you could use a second browser.

You can comment and kudos without being logged in. Caveat is, it doesn't work for works which are restricted to archive users.

[aquila_black]

That's really helpful, thanks! I didn't know I could do that.