yahoo signups are a joke.

Dear Yahoo,

1. You ask for too much of my time in order to sign up for flickr.
2. I just want to get on flickr, not sign up for a yahoo email
3. I DO NOT want a yahoo email address EVER. I will not check it and it will just waste your disk space, so why are you forcing me to register one?
4. I entered my actual postcode (no fakes) and apparently I am not located in Australia. Well done form validation team.
5. If there are rules governing usernames, PLEASE STATE THEM so I can try to pick a name that is appropriate and not just say that I can have my name with 96 or 52 tacked on the end. I am certain that no-one has registered "zbergdfsgrcxfeaerfsd@yahoo.com" and yet I cannot use it.
6. Let me make my own secret question. I have so many "favourite musicians".
7. I entered a 10 character password of complete gibberish (like "C$buX;#8Q4") and apparently my password is both very weak and contains my username.

I just wanted to create a flickr account and upload some photos. I like to think that I do not give up easily, but I felt that giving up was the appropriate response to that signup form. If you need to see how signups should be done, look at tumblr.

[no] thanks,

jeremy