Mailing list abuse is rampant at work.  Around 90% of the emails I get aren't actually sent to me, they're sent to a list I'm involuntarily forced to be on.  But a recent development has caught my attention, not because it's an improvement over the current system, but because it seems to be an extremely poorly implemented version of an otherwise excellent idea. 

One of the mailing lists contains literally every person at work.  There's no opt-in or opt-out.  You work here, you're on the list.  What used to happen is that anybody could send messages to this list, so there were all kinds of daily emails about retirement parties and lights on in the parking lot.  Somebody important must have complained about it, because there was a sudden change in the process.  People could no longer use the address to send things out to everyone; they had to send things to a certain person to get approval first, and this person would send out a single consolidated email that had each day's "important" news.  But then a few weeks ago, there was another change.  Instead of getting a daily email full of important news, I started getting a daily email with a link to a website that stored all the important news.  Nothing really changed.  I still get the daily email.  But instead of having any useful information, I'm told to click on a link to view said important information.  The reason this is funny is because I can imagine how the meeting went where this was determined: 
Important guy:  I'm sick of getting all these stupid emails everyday.  Do something about it!
Less important guy:  You heard the boss, no more stupid emails. 
Mid-level manager:  According to my Six Sigma training, that would mean a lower percentage of important content in current email communication, thereby producing a higher confidence level in the current dataset. 
Low-level manager:  He said he wants less stupidity in his emails. 
IT peon:  Yes, sir.  Do your work, Bob. 
Bob from India:  Thank you for calling customer support, my name is Bob.  I'd be happy to take care of your problem today.  So you want the same amount of emails, but without all the content?  Done. 
And today, we all received the best email to date.  Somebody probably realized how stupid this system is, so they decided to include the following correspondence to encourage everyone to click the link: 
If you are not reading the bulletin, you are missing information about events and other information regarding retirements, deaths of current and former community and family members. 
Ah, the stripped down honest truth.  I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried. #technology