[ SECRET POST #2307 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2307 ⌋

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

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Comments

[dreemyweird]

Sometimes one just has nothing to say apart from "that was good" or "I liked it" or even "efklndslkgnvlkdsnv". Kudos are an analogue of those comments.

Not a common reaction, no, but it's not a problem if you don't care? Especially if you're in a big fandom?

I personally get really excited over every kudos I get, but that's because my fandoms are tiny.

[lionessvalenti]

I get excited when I see an influx of hits on my tiny fandom fics. Receiving a new kudos is like Christmas morning.

[(Anonymous)]

Just dropping in to say I love your icon and your AoC fic! I haven't yet had time to read your long one, but I'm so excited that you've written a long fic for this pairing! <3

[lionessvalenti]

Awww, thank you! It's an epic canon, so it needed an epic fic! Okay, 30k isn't exactly epic, but it's long for me. :)

[angrymermaids]

I think of it like a "Like" on Facebook. As in, "I approve of this, but I don't have anything to say."

I appreciate Kudos, because I know what it's like to really enjoy a fic but not really know what to put in a comment.

[netbug009]

DARIA ICON.

[(Anonymous)]

It's a low-engagement thumbs-up. They're definitely nice to get, although I still prefer comments by a factor of 10. (Well, positive comments anyway ;-)

[charming_stranger]

I think they're the AO3 equivalent of fb's "Like" button. I usually check the hits/kudos ratio - the number of kudos doesn't say much in itself, but if a relatively large portion of those who read the story say they liked it, or, conversely, if a lot of people clicked on a story but noone even cared for it enough to click the kudos button, that does tell you something.

[(Anonymous)]

I do this too. The particular ratio depends on the fandom (smaller fandoms will get less hits, obviously, and possibly have a larger disparity between hits/kudos because of rereads, etc), but when I'm writing I tend to hope for something of a 1-in-10 ratio in bigger fandoms. As, one in ten people who read this liked it.

The older the fic, the less reliable the ratio, because you tend to get rereads and people who are disinclined to leave feedback on older fics and stuff like that. And I think the disparity starts to open up between hits and kudos after the initial burst of attention for a new fic, so after a couple of days/weeks (depending on fandom) hit counters tend to go up while kudo counts stay steady. But for the first while, a 1-in-10 ratio is what I like to aim for.

... No, I have obsessively monitored this in regards to my own stories, why do you ask?

[(Anonymous)]

Kudos = I like this. Sometimes people don't have more to say than that, so it's just quicker than leaving a comment. Also, a kudos is always a same positive note--people just browsing fiction can go "hey, 100 people liked this!" Comments are not as good of a measure, because really, you could have a 100 comments calling someone a racist dickbag.

It's true that a lot of people don't like kudos from what I've seen, but I personally love them. I don't feel obligated to respond to kudos, and my social awkwardness is limited then. :)

[(Anonymous)]

Oh definitely. I always filter by kudos, never by comments.

[(Anonymous)]

And it's also awesome for people like me who get anxious just posting "Thank you for posting". Most authors appreciate kudos but even here from time to time you can see the kudos vs comments drama.