... people think a hit constitutes feedback? What?
Actually, I know a lot of people (well, some people anyway) think a bookmark constitutes feedback, and while a bookmark is actually flattering (in a way that just getting a hit isn't) I still don't think of it as the same thing; a bookmark is for you, while a kudos or a comment is actively saying "thank you" to the author. (Though I do love going into my bookmarks and reading the notes that people have left. Some of them are truly a delight.)
But, yeah ... I think of a kudos as the absolute minimum I can offer on a story I enjoyed. The only times when I won't kudos is when the story hit one of my major DNWs near the end, or when I don't want to admit that I was reading it (as in the case of certain embarrassing kinks) -- yes, I know you can leave guest kudos in that case, but logging out and reloading and logging back in requires actually WORK. In any case, if the story was worth reading to the end and didn't violate the contract with the reader in any major way, a kudos is the very least I can do.
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Actually, I know a lot of people (well, some people anyway) think a bookmark constitutes feedback, and while a bookmark is actually flattering (in a way that just getting a hit isn't) I still don't think of it as the same thing; a bookmark is for you, while a kudos or a comment is actively saying "thank you" to the author. (Though I do love going into my bookmarks and reading the notes that people have left. Some of them are truly a delight.)
But, yeah ... I think of a kudos as the absolute minimum I can offer on a story I enjoyed. The only times when I won't kudos is when the story hit one of my major DNWs near the end, or when I don't want to admit that I was reading it (as in the case of certain embarrassing kinks) -- yes, I know you can leave guest kudos in that case, but logging out and reloading and logging back in requires actually WORK. In any case, if the story was worth reading to the end and didn't violate the contract with the reader in any major way, a kudos is the very least I can do.