what the heck are Kudos?

[Shadowdemon81]

hey, i've seen something called Kudos on this site, and i've been meaning to ask.... what the heck are they?

[Deleted1848331User]

Basically, just something you can give to someone to show your appreciation (ex. them fulfilling a request you make [mod request])

 

edit

:P Beat you to it Lanceor.

Edited March 28, 2011 by Guest

[Lanceor]

If you write a good post and someone thinks that it deserves a thumbs up, they can click on the + symbol beneath your post count to give you kudos. The number shows how many people have given you kudos.

 

Likewise, if you see a post that you like, click on the + symbol to give the poster kudos (since it doesn't cost anything).

 

Edit: Too slow - LordFrostcraig got there first. :)

Edited March 28, 2011 by Lanceor

[Pushkatu]

AND.... you can take the kudos back if you feel that person does not deserve it anymore, it happends sometimes.

[NaaluNaiglemez]

AND.... you can take the kudos back if you feel that person does not deserve it anymore, it happends sometimes.

In life, when a person gives me flowers I am satisfied. But flowers fade and it is normal. Then the same person if she is faithful and sincere, comes back and gives me again flowers.

 

As flowers, kudos should be temporary but renewable, what is not the case here where we eventually live in past. Imagine the state of flowers after some years, an antiquity!

Ditto with the ratings.

 

While it would allow to follow all evolutions, the time is never exploited on the sites.

[Pushkatu]

@Naalu: Your poetic opinion sounds realy nice, but I'm afraid that due to the language barrier I don't fully understand what you say. I don't remember taking a kudos back(just becouse I can), becouse when I give someone a kudos it's mostly becouse of something he/she helped me with at a certain point and the kudos I gave is meant to show my apreciation to that person, even if they will probably never know who gave them a kudos. I find it hard to talk about such things becouse I lack the skills to properly say in English what I realy want to say. It's not about words, since I can understand most, it's about putting those words into sentances that actualy mean what you want to say. Some people have difficulties talking about such things even in their own language, I just find it a little hard to go "emotional" in English.:)

[Thandal]

@Shadowdemon81;

 

Hope we explained the purpose of "kudos" well enough for you. :laugh:

 

They are not supposed to be an on-going expression of the (favourable) state of a relationship between particular individuals (unlike say, the "flowers" analogy above.) They are an overall indicator of the favourable impression a member has made on others.

 

Since each member can only give one kudos to any other single member, (but as many as they want to as many different individuals as they want) a high number associated with someone shows that they have helped many, many others. While not exactly the same as "reputation", kudos serve a similar function.