I think they really need some help...

[beth_leonard]

I just tried to view a video on YouTube and was told I need to "verify" my account. Things are so broken over there that logging in with the exact same username and two different passwords logs me in to two different accounts -- one of which has an account name that doesn't match the username, and the other that I was actually trying to log in to. It took me an hour to finally figure that out.

I still have to figure out how to unlink one YouTube account that YouTube thinks is my primary, and I never use, so that I can link my primary YouTube account with my Google account, which I also never use, except to access services that require me to have made an account there. My as-yet-unlinked YouTube account is the only actual account that I've ever used with Google services.

Sysadmining is annoying. I had intended to go to sleep early tonight.
--Beth

Edit: I have appeared to successfully navigated the process. It involved helpful status messages such as, "Note: Your old YouTube password will no longer work. You need to use your Google Account password from now on."

You mean that password that kept logging me into the account I didn't want to be logged in to? I'm hoping everything will work correctly now.