Meaning of Kudos

[littlemousling]

Poll #10088 Meaning of Kudos

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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

[clachnaben]

I leave kudos on about every story I read but leave comments on the ones I really liked or loved. I think kudos is a nice way for a writer to get a ballpark figure on how many people have read/finished their fic, as the hit count can sometimes be misleading. Most of the time I comment too, but commenting takes me much longer (usually several days to think it over) so I like to leave kudos as a kind of "I liked it, comment to come!" promise.