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		c0ur7n3y on April 30, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Path texts my entire phonebook at 6 AM "We are deeply sorry if you were uncomfortable with how our application used your phone contacts." That non-apology is corporate communications at its most typical.

eropple on April 30, 2013 | [–]

Path's customer service replied to this article's author on Twitter saying they'd "love to engage."

If you aren't Captain Picard, you're not engaging anything. Shut up and talk human, folks.

Samuel_Michon on April 30, 2013 | [–]

I’m a big sucker for a non-apology apology, reading one never fails to make my day.

More here: http://terribleapologies.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-apology_apology#Examples and http://jezebel.com/sorry-not-sorry-how-to-non-apologize-5993...

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