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

[littlemousling]

That is FASCINATING.

[melusina]

From the comments to the 2004 poll:

"It only takes a few seconds to click the comment button on LiveJournal, but if someone sends me an email, I get all wibbly and happy. It takes that much more effort, which speaks volumes to me."

Which sounds almost exactly like some of the comments on why comments are superior to Kudos. . .

[zebra_in_dream]

There's an archive I'd like to post to, but I'm neither posting nor commenting, because to post I'd have to make my email address public and to comment, the author would get it. My email address isn't a random persons business whom I just wanted to tell that I liked their story.