Yelling, certainly, doesn't help. Shaming, in an atmosphere where there is strong general support for certain principles that are *egregiously* violated, *can* help and *has* helped upon occasion.
It is *precisely* in a medium of collaboration where shaming can help!
I'm not going to stop doing it, myself, and I continue to advocate its tasteful, usually tongue-in-cheek, winking, use. Treating others with respect is important as well; but I wouldn't attempt to shame someone that I didn't have at least enough respect to think that they'd react appropriately.
When you shame someone, you demonstrate a lack of respect. Jokingly shaming someone is still shaming someone. I don't like it.
===== Christopher Mahan chris_mahan@yahoo.com http://www.christophermahan.com/
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