So I decide to sign up for one of those social bookmarking sites. 'Delicious' to be exact. I go to create an account, but it redirects me to Yahoo to create an account. Oh well, fair enough if they are the same people...
Try to create Yahoo account using name rajagra. Already in use? Bollocks it is! I don't believe that. Could be a failed attempt I made before to register though. So I use a variation on the name.
Next problem, my email is not considered valid. WTF? I've been using it for years. There's no hint of why Yahoo doesn't like it. After some Googling, it looks like the problem is not my personal domain, but is the way I want to use yahoo@mydomain so I know where any spam crap comes from when it eventually starts arriving.
So I try a variation on yahoo@mydomain, but no dice. Anything that closely resembles yahoo anywhere seems to trigger a failure. Eventually I settle for something quite different, with just "ya" included to give me a clue of where emails are coming from. Finally allowed.
At last I'm allowed to actually register a Delicious account. Offered the choice of tying it to the Yahoo account or making one with a new name. I decide to use my standard name, the one I tried to use from the start. It is accepted! Hurrah!
Imported a few bookmarks and moved to a different machine to test its usefulness. Shows empty list, as I'm not logged in. Try to login using my Yahoo username and password (the only one I have used so far in this game.) It tells me I shouldn't be using the Yahoo login. If I want to do that I have to click a seperate link further down.
So wait. After being forced to jump through hoops to register at Yahoo, NOW you tell me there is a native Delicious login?? Why didn't you just let me make one? Or is it no longer possible following a buyout, and you only mention it to wind me up?
None of these annoyances were necessary. Why are the people who create these things such cretins?
Rhetorical question, obviously. It just does my head in that people bend over backwards to make things difficult for no reason.