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		allenbrunson on Jan 31, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Playboy Magazine interview with 29-year-old Steve ... why did this comment deserve downvotes? it's not abrasive, and it's true! the same thing happened to me. seems like every site that has a mobile version does this. you follow a link from somewhere else, and instead of getting to the page you wanted to read, you wind up at the top page of their mobile site. annoying.

wehriam on Feb 1, 2009 [–]

It was down voted because it was only tangentially related to the original post.

allenbrunson on Feb 1, 2009 | [–]

"only tangentially related" might be a reason not to vote it up. but my interpretation of pg's rules are that downvotes are only for comments that are inflammatory, spam, or some other violation of protocol.

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