I agree with it being warm, in the sense that because people are honest, you know that a compliment is not just someone going through some ritual, but their act

I agree with it being warm, in the sense that because people are honest, you know that a compliment is not just someone going through some ritual, but their actual pinon. A place with room for constructive (or not) criticism, one that is not oppressed by outrage culture and people vigilant to construe everything you say as a personal insult that must be condemned, a place where you can be sure to be told directly when and why you're wrong, that is indeed a warm place, one where you don't doubt that people mean what they say.