[ SECRET POST #6034 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6034 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[Clockwise: Puella Magi Madoka Magica / Halo 4 / Ninomae Ina'nis / Enya]


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's the ultimate in "meh" or "could do better" as a response.

Not only is this perception of what kudos means deeply pessimistic, it's also just incorrect. It's literally called a "kudos" button, as in, "praise and honor received for an achievement." Receiving kudos on your fic is receiving a compliment. It may not be the compliment you want, but that doesn't mean it's not a compliment.

I write and read. As a reader, I leave comments. Sometimes I leave long-ass comments. But I'm also a busy person with ADHD, which means that I only manage to leave a comment on a fraction of the fics I enjoy. There are dozens of fics out there that made my head spin with how excellent they were, that I didn't comment on, because I didn't have the time or energy that day, and I sure as shit don't have the attention span or executive function to be going back to things from days/weeks earlier to comment. Sometimes fics get comments, and sometimes they don't, and that's just how it is.

So no, kudos absolutely do NOT mean "could do better." Kudos are praise. Some of those kudos mean, "Hey this was decent," and some mean, "I really enjoyed this," and some mean, "OMG THIS WAS WONDERFUL I LOVED FIFTY DIFFERENT PARTS YOU'RE A GENIUS KJDFKJFKJL!" But almost no one is clicking the kudos button thinking, "I would like the author to derive from this kudos that they could've done better." That is a totally irrational thing to assume.

+1!

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly! The "ultimate meh" would be *the backbutton*. If you look at your hitcount, and you're getting far more hits than kudos... THAT's people giving "the ultimate meh". But, as explained above - kudos are PRAISE. It's meant as a way of letting the author know you liked what they did without having to type up and hit send on "well done" - reading anything else into it - especially something negative! - is ... very bizarre to me.