Two Most Annoying Recent Internet Trends

 Pushy and intrusive interactions that could be avoided using opt-in or other approaches instead...

#2) Micro-Feedback

The constant requests for ratings and feedback are becoming ridiculous.    Why do I need to get an email or pop-up from every online vendor for every single transaction asking for feedback?  I appreciate striving for quality and improvement, but somewhat fewer prompts and requests would be appreciated.  

I should try this approach at work and constantly barrage my boss for feedback. "How would you rate my participation at that meeting yesterday, on a scale of 1 to 5 stars?  Was satisfied were you with my on-time delivery of that report [picture of me delivering report attached]?"

#1) First Visit Interruptus 

Who decided that every first visit to a new website (or first visit on a new browser) should be interrupted by a pop-up requiring you to declare your cookie preferences?  Your options is to accept everything (which invariable involves accepting highly intrusive tracking cookies) or take the time to read and interpret a list of frequently non-informative options.  

This should most definitely be an opt-in feature that defaults to all cookies off and you can click a button to activate the selection pop-up if you want to activate the cookies.