The effects of kudos

[branchandroot]

Let the record show that, when I link a fic-offering from LJ to my DW, I get no feedback at all. When I link a similar fic-offering from LJ to AO3, I get 3 kudos out of 21 hits. That's a bit over average response rates, normally I get around 1 in 10.

So, my take on a Ticky/Kudo/I-Read-This button on DW posts? Go for it!

Comments

[branchandroot]

Yeah, I did a ticky-comment up on my archive, and it definitely increases feedback. I don't know why some people are flailing around about how this isn't 'real' feedback and people /should/ be leaving 'real' comments. Fact is, they're not going to, and a kudo or ticky means some of them might leave /that/. I fail to see a downside.

[seagull2eagle]

Exactly. The people who comment still comment. The people who used to comment did not suddenly *stop* commenting in place of kudos... instead people who never comment are instead clicking on ticky boxes. And I can verify all that from my records. People are silly if they think otherwise. I think some people are over-concerned about "real" comments.