DISQUS

Emz · 1 year ago

I hope Steve reads this :D

Garry Conn · 1 year ago

Why? Do you think he'll pull some strings?

Emz · 1 year ago

Probably not. But it'd be funny if he read it... :)

Garry Conn · 1 year ago

I agree. I think it would be entertaining. But I am hoping they fix my account for me. Ideally, that would be great. ;)

Eric D · 1 year ago

Ah 1977 - What a great year. That is when I graduated from high school. Technology was just starting to break out to mainstream and I had a polyester suit for my senior class picture.

For graduation I got a Texas Instruments Digital Calculator with red led read out and could do the basic 6 math ops. WOW ..that and my led readout digital watch. I was totally geeked out for 1977.

Only wish I would have had the foresight to invest my graduation gift money into that odd little company called Microsoft.

Oh well............ 1977 a classic year.

Garry Conn · 1 year ago

Great comment. Thanks for sharing. I checked out your blog, I'll be back. Take care.

Shirley · 1 year ago

Talk about investing personal time into something. I can't believe I invested time into reading this post!

You have some valuable content here Garry but I looked through the archives. You cry a lot about the stupidest things.

Garry Conn · 1 year ago

Here you go...

Here is a better blog for you to read:

http://www.johnchow.com/

cya...

Anyone else want to complain? Seriously, I could give a shit less. ;)

lol

Ruthie · 1 year ago

Yeah! Haven't they ever heard the song, "It's my blog and I can cry if I want to!!!!" LOL :P

Ruthie · 1 year ago

Oh...and now I hope everyone is singing that in their head all day! :p

Gemini · 1 year ago

What do you care? If Gary actually gets them to reverse the problem then he objective is complete. If you don't like his blog, like he said, just don't read it.

Shirley · 1 year ago

You think that you are the greatest thing since sliced bread don't you?

Don't let the success if this blog get to your head. You think by telling Yahoo that you tell you readers about them will make them change your stupid birthday?

Wow buddy, time to give your head a shake.

Thanks for the link. John Chow is a much better read. A lot less crying going on over there. Still a bit cocky but no thumb sucking.

Garry Conn · 1 year ago

You think that you are the greatest thing since sliced bread don’t you?

Nah... but I do like to stir things up a bit. I've obviously made you feel compelled to give me free content on my blog. ;)

Don’t let the success if this blog get to your head.

I am glad that you think my blog is a success. Thanks. ;)

You think by telling Yahoo that you tell you readers about them will make them change your stupid birthday?

Nope. But, hey I can always try right?

Wow buddy, time to give your head a shake.

I know right! I am considering using Yahoo over Google. Something must be wrong with my brain. LOL!!!

Thanks for the link. John Chow is a much better read. A lot less crying going on over there. Still a bit cocky but no thumb sucking.

Then why are you still here?

Owen · 1 year ago

Hah, hopefully this gets indexed and ranks high. I think the flames will help this post fire right to the top. Seriously I like Yahoo's services but their web page is too bulky. I wouldn't really care about the birthday but depending on your birthday you might not be 21 yet which could be a problem if they filter out alcohol and ultra-porn (futurama) content that is not available to under 21 year olds.

Again, with Google I needed some information changed that "Couldn't be changed" and they elevated my support ticket and got it changed. I would assume that yahoo has a policy to do the same thing.

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Wayne · 1 year ago

I left Yahoo! because of all the BS they try to shove into their services. Now I'm going back only to find the same type of 'crap' on their site.

I still don't like Yahoo!...good luck bud.

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Gemini · 1 year ago

Hi Wayne,

Do you mind sharing some examples of your findings?

Monty's Mega Marketing · 1 year ago

Hey Gary. Just start over and instead of using GaryConn@ymail, just use Gary.Conn@ymail. Why not? It's just a dot right? :-)

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Garry Conn · 1 year ago

I don't want the dot. ;)

Monty's Mega Marketing · 1 year ago

Uh oh. Sorry about the misspelling. Um, my "r" button is broken? lol

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save money tips · 1 year ago

Hah. It's funny how a minor detail like this gets overlooked. Now your new birthdate is part of your "permanent record".

I suspect it's something to do with the COPA laws, where Yahoo! is compelled to verify age.

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Jonathan Franzone · 1 year ago

It's because they are to friggin lazy to run a SQL query like:
UPDATE users SET birthday = 'the right one' WHERE user = 'Gary Conn';

Seriously, I feel your pain. This kind of stupidity really gets on my nerves. I'd stick with Google just because of the headache.

Garry Conn · 1 year ago

Hi Jonathan,

Yes indeed... Yahoo blew me off. Which is stupid. Even though they say my date of birth is private, by default it shows my age in many places such as my profile page. So with me being represented FALSELY as 21 years old, I am going to attract groups of people within that age group rather that people within my own age group.

To be honest, I am actually quite pissed off about this situation. Yahoo knows about this problem and they also know about this post too and they chose to blow me off. I won't let it bother me too bad, but it just goes to show you what Yahoo! is willing to do to keep a customer.