We always hate when we get one of those artificially cheery mass emails from a friend or a source who has one of those automated contact-list update things going on. We find it not just impersonal and infantilizing, but also really obnoxious — since when is it our job to keep your address book current?

Of course, we're pretty sure the writer who received this email from a publicist hates it more:

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If you get PLAXO too, we'll stay in touch automatically. [Plaxo]