Same, for the most part. I don't respond to kudos. However, I think I'm unusual in that I do respond to every AO3 comment.
On FFN, I never responded to anything other than PMs, mostly because some of my stories (original fic and fics from a very popular anime series) got several reviews a day, and there's just no way I'd have the time to respond to all of those. Plus at the time there was no way to respond to comments on FFN.
On LJ I again responded to every review; this became time consuming, again, for my really popular fics (which, again, I attribute to the popularity of the anime and the pairing, not my writing skills lol), especially when people would leave multi-paragraph responses, I felt like I had to respond in kind.
I agree that a kudos is basically a thumbs up or a "like"
I quite like it. It lets you know that someone popped by and read your story. That's enough for me. I'm honored someone took the time to just hit that button. Writers like to know people are ACTUALLY reading their stuff, even if they don't have time to comment. And I definitely don't expect everyone who reads should leave a comment. (Personally, I only comment when a story truly moves me.)
AO3 is driving me a little nuts. I can see that there ARE kudos (but not whether they said anything) and favorites, but not who left them or respond to anything. There are some things I find a lot easier on FF.net, but I like some of the looser style of AO3 too. This may be a case of my very uneven relationship with technology, however.





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