⚖️ Would you rather: Receive a public shoutout or a private word of thanks from your community admin?

[JoelR]

You're a member of a community.  Would you rather ... 

Receive a public shoutout or a private word of thanks from your community admin?

 

Inspired by Rosie Sherry 

[JoeyM]

Neither, I don't think any is required. However, I would say I prefer it privately.

Would you rather - is a fun forum game to play. 👍

[JoelR]

8 minutes ago, JoeyM said:

Neither, I don't think any is required. However, I would say I prefer it privately.

Would you rather - is a fun forum game to play. 👍

I'm going to throw you off your game and ... publicly applaud you for choosing one of the choices. Great job! LOL

[Empire]

I personly doesn't bother me 🙂 

[dismalbliss]

Depends.

If they impressed within a topic, I will praise them in that topic.

If they Reported something, I will thank them via PM.

 

[Shortie]

I have never been one for being in the spotlight, it's just not the kind of person I am. Due to this, I would much rather receive a private word of thanks from the community admin so that it was more personal and did not throw me into the spotlight. 

I do know of some community owners who tend to do it in the open and as much as many do not see an issue with that, some probably would have preferred to receive it privately and I feel that needs to be taken into account. 

[Maria]

I do not mind being thanked in a public forum. If it involves something private things, I wouldn't want the admin to disclose it publicly, though. I also do not mind a thank you note tor through a PM. This does not bother me at all.

[Clover13]

This is very individual.  Some people are very private and/or don't want a spotlight on them, while others bask in and welcome it.  For a business (who is a member of a community), I'd imagine as public as possible is the desired approach.