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Comment by BobbyTables2 | Hacker News Reader

I feel like gaming controllers for PCs never gained popular acceptance.

Sure, there are advantages to using a keyboard+mouse in a FPS game but it’s a much different gaming experience than a handheld controller.

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> I feel like gaming controllers for PCs never gained popular acceptance.

I will never forgive Microsoft for killing SideWinder.

It feels like the problem was the market ended up in a race to the bottom and so most of the made-for-PC controllers just sucked. The best option was to buy your preferred console controller and use that with PC.

Xbox controllers work pretty seamlessly on Microsoft platforms.

But I don't get why HN is randomly shadowbanning half my comments and not the other half! This one wasn't shadowbanned.

Usually means your comments are getting flagged by other users. I’m not going to dig through your comments to speculate on why, but I don’t think there are any automated filters that will kill only some of your comments.

They're instantly pre-flagged upon posting and some others aren't.

This one came pre-flagged.

Probably your account is shadowbanned but people with showdead on are individually vouching for some comments which unbans those comments only.

Instantly when posting them?

The game has changed. Now I can only post a few times per hour and they're automatically flagged. No moderator has given me any contact to explain what I'm being punished for, so I guess I'll be making a new account and hope the same glitch doesn't occur again.

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