The Subtle Art of Giving a Clap
It’s the best way to support stories you enjoy
I probably shouldn’t write this.
But here we go anyway.
At the risk of angering the algorithms, I’m going to say: Please give stories you like 50 claps!
I recently read a story here (which I can’t locate again) that said most people on this platform are readers and not writers. So it occurred to me that many you might not know you can clap a maximum of 50 times for a story.
Here’s how I see it.
If you’ve read something all the way to the end, then take the time to comment on it. Why wouldn’t you give the maximum amount of claps allowed?
Now, perhaps you do already know about the maximum amount of claps allowed, and you have an alternative reason.
Perhaps you’ve devised some sort of internal clap structure only known to you. For example:
- 1–10 = Meh
- 11–20 = Okay
- 21–30 = Decent
- 31–40 = Good
- 41–49 = Like
- 50 = LOVE!
Okay, that makes sense.
But how would a writer know the difference between 1 clap and 6 claps?
