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.

…

http://flickr.com/account/associate/

Wrong. When I tried to associate my Yahoo ID to my old Flickr account I got this message:

“That Flickr account is already connected to a Yahoo! ID.”

Now what? I’ve sent them an email (no doubt like every other trapped “Old Skooler” (ain’t that cute?)) and will post their reply, assuming I get one.

UPDATE #1:

“Just a quick email from Team Flickr to let you know that we’ve successfully received your recent Help by Email query and we hope to respond within 10 days.

We’d also like to take an opportunity to remind you that one query is sufficient and multiple queries regarding the same issue make the Magic Donkey cry.”

Ain’t that cute (again)?

UPDATE #2

Hello,

Thanks for your question.

Your Yahoo! ID “——” is merged to your Flickr account
“——”. If you want, I can delete this Flickr account
for you, freeing the Yahoo! ID to merge with your “old
skool” account. Due to the current backlog, it may take
some time to process your request.

If you want to delete the account yourself, please follow
the directions in the link below:

http://www.flickr.com/help/account/#48

Please make sure you are signed in to the correct account
before deleting.

Regards,

Monish

UPDATE #3

Hello,

Thanks for your question.

As you requested, your Flickr account “——–” has been deleted. You can now merge your Yahoo! ID “——–” with your “old-skool” Flickr account.

Regards,

Monish

Hurray! Problem solved, accounts properly “merged.” Elapsed time: 23 days (30 Jan. to 22 Feb). Thanks, Monish.

Oh, those “Flickreenies” couldn’t help themselves and sent me one last cutesy note, and no I don’t enjoy the “sign-on-to-everything-in-one-place goodness”:

Hi C Maoxian!

This is just a little note to remind you that your C
Maoxian Flickr account has been merged in to your ——–
Yahoo! account.

Don’t forget these things:

- You will need to sign in to Flickr via Yahoo! with your
——– ID from now on.

Oh! And by the way, we’ll still send communication to your
chairman at maoxian.com address.

Thanks, and we hope you enjoy the
sign-on-to-everything-in-one-place goodness!

The Flickreenies