Quote Originally Posted by Somnolence View Post
I agree. For me as non-native English speaker direct and to the point advice sounds normal, while overly polite language sounds passive-aggressive and insincere.
Especially if it's about mistakes. "Some people seem to have trouble staying on the platform" is very passive aggressive. If instead someone told me "you seem to have trouble staying on the platform, Reinha", I would see it as an opportunity to ask how everyone else is doing it.