I have mixed reactions to kudos. I leave them if I like a story, and I do have to like a story quite a lot to leave kudos. But if I really like it, I try to leave a comment, though that doesn't always happen because a lot of the time I download the story to read later.
Then there are writers, like you, who I've already read—and already have a pdf of all your work. As much as I'd like to go back and respond, time forbids.
On the flipside, while I appreciate kudos, I don't take them as seriously as I do comments. And it's sort of odd, the difference in reactions when I post a story to AO3 as opposed to the fandom's own archive. The same story will get several comments on the K/S archive, yet not many kudos on AO3. Or the reverse might happen. It's makes me wonder if those reading on AO3 might not always be "into" the fandom so much as just "into" the pairing, if that makes sense.
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Then there are writers, like you, who I've already read—and already have a pdf of all your work. As much as I'd like to go back and respond, time forbids.
On the flipside, while I appreciate kudos, I don't take them as seriously as I do comments. And it's sort of odd, the difference in reactions when I post a story to AO3 as opposed to the fandom's own archive. The same story will get several comments on the K/S archive, yet not many kudos on AO3. Or the reverse might happen. It's makes me wonder if those reading on AO3 might not always be "into" the fandom so much as just "into" the pairing, if that makes sense.