If you feel praising in public is the only way (i.e. criticism should always take place privately), you likely were given too many participation trophies as a child

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depends on the context

The reason why you "praise in public, punish in private" is bc for all but the most enlightened/self-assured people, criticism triggers a (pretty reasonable) flight or fight response

If your goal is actually constructive change in others, why would you set them up for failure with your tactics?

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yea in agreement there, but that's more about causing action via pain stimuli haha (for better or worse)

Agree, context most definitely matters

If your goal is pushing for constructive change in others, and attempts at criticizing in private are met with deflection and gaslighting, for example.. then criticizing in public seems totally reasonable to me

Agreed there’s a time and a place for the public conversation… if I’m critical in a way that’s going to incite conversation o generally like to touch base in dms first.

I think one of the doubled edge swords of crypto and building in public is sometimes as put in the open so much is, there is still a lot behind the scenes.  That being said think when done well Farcaster creates a good forum for discussion.