I got the email that Kottke talks about here, but I don't understand the big fuss about it all. Didn't this merge surge already occur a long time ago? Perhaps it didn't effect me much because
a. I already possessed a Yahoo! id, and
b. my user id is unique (swanksalot).
Dear Old Skool Account-Holding Flickr Member,On March 15th we'll be discontinuing the old email-based Flickr sign in system. From that point on, everyone will have to use a Yahoo! ID to sign in to Flickr
....95% of your fellow Flickrites already use this system and their experience is just the same as yours is now, except they sign in on a different page. It's easy to switch: it takes about a minute if you already have a Yahoo! ID and about five minutes if you don't.
You can make the switch at any time in the next few months, from today till the 15th. (After that day, you'll be required to merge before you continue using your account.)
To switch, start at this page:
http://flickr.com/account/associate/
Nothing else on your account or experience of Flickr changes: you can continue to have your FlickrMail and
notifications sent to any email address at any domain and your screenname will remain the same.Complete details and answers to most common questions are available here:
http://flickr.com/help/signin/
Thanks for your patience and understanding - and even bigger thanks for your continued support of Flickr: if
you're reading this, you've been around for a while and that means a lot to us!Warmest regards,
- The Flickreenos
In fact, when following the link, I get this message:
Flickr: Merge a Flickr and Yahoo! account
Your swanksalot Flickr account is already merged your Swanksalot Yahoo! account.
I received this request as well. I already had a yahoo id, so it was easy to merge the two. I kinda like being considered an old school Flickr member...