Perhaps it’s because the optimal ratio is believed to be five units of praise per unit of constructive criticism: https://hbr.org/2013/03/the-ideal-praise-to-cr

Perhaps it’s because the optimal ratio is believed to be five units of praise per unit of constructive criticism: https://hbr.org/2013/03/the-ideal-praise-to-criticism https://hbr.org/2013/03/the-ideal-praise-to-criticism I wouldn’t be surprised if this backfires with certain types of people.