Comments on: Yahoo/Flickr get the bullyboy tactics out http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out Picking out patterns in the chaos Wed, 16 May 2012 21:02:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Julia http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2330 Julia Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:03:15 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2330 LOL.I hate Flickr LOL.I hate Flickr

]]> By: Tony http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2329 Tony Wed, 02 May 2007 05:48:05 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2329 I can't begin to express the utter contempt I have for Flickr and Yahoo at this juncture. I have never used Yahoo and have been a gmail user for a few years. I too resented the fact that in order to get a Flickr Pro account set up I would have to create the Yahoo account. I did and started uploading pictures for a few weeks. A month passed by and my busy life limited my access to Flickr. When I tried to sign in to Flickr again, they informed me that I was not able to do so because the primary email address I had listed on my Yahoo account was Gmail. I was told that before I could access my Flickr account I would have to change my forwarding primary email address to something other than gmail! I logged into my Yahoo account and meekly did as I was told changing my primary email to hotmail, which Flickr seemed to be OK with. After that, I was asked to merge my accounts in order to access my Flickr account. I don't have two accounts that I know of! My Yahoo password did not work either. I was at a total loss and none of the help topics on Yahoo dealt with what I thought would be a simple problem. In any case I have not been able to access my Flickr account that I paid for six months ago and I can not for the life of me FIND any means of actually emailing Flickr or Yahoo directly to find out just what other hurdle has to be overcome. I am absolutely fried by the entire ordeal. I would like to cancel my Flickr subscription but again I can't readily find a means of doing that either. Saitama Japan I can’t begin to express the utter contempt I have for Flickr and Yahoo at this juncture. I have never used Yahoo and have been a gmail user for a few years. I too resented the fact that in order to get a Flickr Pro account set up I would have to create the Yahoo account. I did and started uploading pictures for a few weeks. A month passed by and my busy life limited my access to Flickr. When I tried to sign in to Flickr again, they informed me that I was not able to do so because the primary email address I had listed on my Yahoo account was Gmail. I was told that before I could access my Flickr account I would have to change my forwarding primary email address to something other than gmail!
I logged into my Yahoo account and meekly did as I was told changing my primary email to hotmail, which Flickr seemed to be OK with.
After that, I was asked to merge my accounts in order to access my Flickr account. I don’t have two accounts that I know of! My Yahoo password did not work either. I was at a total loss and none of the help topics on Yahoo dealt with what I thought would be a simple problem.
In any case I have not been able to access my Flickr account that I paid for six months ago and I can not for the life of me FIND any means of actually emailing Flickr or Yahoo directly to find out just what other hurdle has to be overcome. I am absolutely fried by the entire ordeal. I would like to cancel my Flickr subscription but again I can’t readily find a means of doing that either.

Saitama Japan

]]> By: Mike http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2328 Mike Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:39:43 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2328 You at least had an account.. mine has been pending for over a week now. Do they have that many new accounts to look over? Orlando Florida You at least had an account.. mine has been pending for over a week now. Do they have that many new accounts to look over?

Orlando Florida

]]> By: smallerdemon http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2327 smallerdemon Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:56:18 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2327 I've read several different blogs about this, and I have found this one the most amusing due to your incredibly accurate translation of the letter. :) I hardly ever used my Flickr account, mostly due it's super-limited abilities as a free account. I had deleted any photos I had there long ago and used my account to look at only one or two professional photographers experiments they uploaded. It was fun. My distaste for Yahoo, though, pretty much convinced me I may as well delete my old school account there anyway since there wasn't much point of me having it (I pay for web hosting, so I have a space to put photos). I do feel bad for folks who were able to use numerous old school accounts to maintain a variety of different levels of service for themselves now having to go through the account creation for a bunch of yahoo accounts they don't really want. I had always viewed Flickr from a mostly simplistic single use point of view, but after reading online about how people were using their Flickr accounts and multiple logins, I started to understand that the yahoo ID switch presented them with a significantly more complicated problem than the casual user. I won't be surprised to see them float off elsewhere for better treatment. I’ve read several different blogs about this, and I have found this one the most amusing due to your incredibly accurate translation of the letter. :)
I hardly ever used my Flickr account, mostly due it’s super-limited abilities as a free account.

I had deleted any photos I had there long ago and used my account to look at only one or two professional photographers experiments they uploaded. It was fun.

My distaste for Yahoo, though, pretty much convinced me I may as well delete my old school account there anyway since there wasn’t much point of me having it (I pay for web hosting, so I have a space to put photos). I do feel bad for folks who were able to use numerous old school accounts to maintain a variety of different levels of service for themselves now having to go through the account creation for a bunch of yahoo accounts they don’t really want. I had always viewed Flickr from a mostly simplistic single use point of view, but after reading online about how people were using their Flickr accounts and multiple logins, I started to understand that the yahoo ID switch presented them with a significantly more complicated problem than the casual user. I won’t be surprised to see them float off elsewhere for better treatment.

]]> By: Suw http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2326 Suw Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:08:55 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2326 Obviously, Asten, I disagree. This isn't about a simple log-in change. If it was, I don't think it'd be a problem. It's about being forced to sign up to a service you neither want nor like, it's about the way that Flickr communicate, it's about worrying policy regarding account deletion, and a bunch of other niggling details which have more impact on those involved than it might seem from the outside. Don't dismiss people's concerns out of hand - just because you don't mind doesn't mean other people are wrong to be annoyed. Obviously, Asten, I disagree. This isn’t about a simple log-in change. If it was, I don’t think it’d be a problem. It’s about being forced to sign up to a service you neither want nor like, it’s about the way that Flickr communicate, it’s about worrying policy regarding account deletion, and a bunch of other niggling details which have more impact on those involved than it might seem from the outside. Don’t dismiss people’s concerns out of hand - just because you don’t mind doesn’t mean other people are wrong to be annoyed.

]]> By: Asten http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2325 Asten Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:18:19 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2325 Seriously... this isn't worth the whining that it's generating. I switched from pure flickr to yahoo flickr a long long time ago and absolutely NOTHING changed. I haven't had to log in repeatedly, I don't get yahoo spam, flickr doesn't change whatsoever. Seriously… this isn’t worth the whining that it’s generating. I switched from pure flickr to yahoo flickr a long long time ago and absolutely NOTHING changed. I haven’t had to log in repeatedly, I don’t get yahoo spam, flickr doesn’t change whatsoever.

]]> By: mll http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2324 mll Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:29:17 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2324 On one side I can understand what you feel. I'm no big fan of yahoo either, so I didn't like the news of the buyout; and when for some reason I had to build a new flickr account, the fact of using yahoo IDs and so on bugged me. Now the uproar amongs olskool members makes me smile (I put aside the limiting of contacts), for it shows a bit of selfishness: where were they when flickr forced yahoo IDs for new members ? And as an old newskool member, I can tell you I'm not really bothered, because no, I didn't recieve any spam from Yahoo; and I don't care if they might connect my flickr account with any other yahoo service, for I use none. :) Finally, I see no such big deal. All the 200-pound gorillas unify their sign-in process (just look at all the Google services for instance, I'm pretty sure even new Blogger accounts need to be linked to a Google account), and there's no special cry at it. Moreover, after having in the last decade used so many internet services that came and died, I think yahoo provides a little life expectancy to flickr, which is just what I want for my precious photos: I hope flickr is still here in 50 years, or even more! On one side I can understand what you feel. I’m no big fan of yahoo either, so I didn’t like the news of the buyout; and when for some reason I had to build a new flickr account, the fact of using yahoo IDs and so on bugged me.

Now the uproar amongs olskool members makes me smile (I put aside the limiting of contacts), for it shows a bit of selfishness: where were they when flickr forced yahoo IDs for new members ?

And as an old newskool member, I can tell you I’m not really bothered, because no, I didn’t recieve any spam from Yahoo; and I don’t care if they might connect my flickr account with any other yahoo service, for I use none. :)
Finally, I see no such big deal. All the 200-pound gorillas unify their sign-in process (just look at all the Google services for instance, I’m pretty sure even new Blogger accounts need to be linked to a Google account), and there’s no special cry at it. Moreover, after having in the last decade used so many internet services that came and died, I think yahoo provides a little life expectancy to flickr, which is just what I want for my precious photos: I hope flickr is still here in 50 years, or even more!

]]> By: Adriana http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2323 Adriana Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:37:07 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2323 Brilliantly put, thanks Suw for articulating what many of us feel. Brilliantly put, thanks Suw for articulating what many of us feel.

]]> By: passerby http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2322 passerby Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:44:35 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2007/01/31/yahooflickr-get-the-bullyboy-tactics-out#comment-2322 Take a look here to see your photos being used for Yahoo advertising: http://wii.yahoo.com/ Take a look here to see your photos being used for Yahoo advertising:
http://wii.yahoo.com/

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