Mass Confusion Caused Past Times Legacy Concern Human Relationship Migration
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In 2012, Blogger started the side yesteryear side stage of the Legacy Account migration process.
For several days, nosotros saw majority confusion, inwards Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken.
The people targeted inwards the email were registered owners of legacy (pre 2006) Blogger accounts, created earlier Blogger started using Google (email address based) accounts.
The confused owners are like to the ones amongst whom nosotros accept been dealing for several months, unable to find access to their long dormant Blogger / Google accounts.
Many practice non recollect creating accounts, others don't recollect the login details, which are essential to spider web log control.
Both the spider web log owners, too Blogger, contributed to the confusion.
The confusion was caused jointly yesteryear Blogger, too yesteryear the spider web log owners. And, it was not a surprise, to Blogger Support.
The confusion started amongst the history of the migration.
The confusion was magnified yesteryear issues caused yesteryear the diverse spider web log owners.
The confusion continued, amongst multiple scenarios.
The history, addition the issues, resulted inwards several scenarios - each resulting inwards an unhappy concern human relationship owner.
The unhappy recipients of the email, next the instructions provided to them, posted their complaints inwards Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken.
Confusion was magnified yesteryear forum complaints, too inability to help.
The confusion spread, equally the forums became saturated yesteryear the complaints. Not all complaints used the "[legacy Account]" tag, suggested inwards the instructions. This motivated diverse forum helpers to purpose fuzzy processing techniques inwards sorting diverse forum complaints, too some non legacy issues were treated equally legacy issues. Other legacy issues were overlooked, inwards the book of posts.
Blogger Support, becoming aware of the numbers of complaints, created a legacy Account FAQ, too started answering questions, posted inwards the FAQ. And the frustration became expressed inwards various FAQ responses.
This spider web log possessor is overlooking the history too the issues, too making no acknowledgement of his contribution to the problem.
(Update 2012/04/30 10:00): Blogger Support has straightaway provided a form, for any legacy concern human relationship possessor to use, to asking details.
Mass Confusion Caused By Legacy Account Migration
Challenges Created By Legacy Account Migration
For several days, nosotros saw majority confusion, inwards Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken.
Why am I getting this email? Is it a scam?and
I can't migrate my account!and
I migrated my account, too my blogs disappeared from my dashboard!!
The people targeted inwards the email were registered owners of legacy (pre 2006) Blogger accounts, created earlier Blogger started using Google (email address based) accounts.
The confused owners are like to the ones amongst whom nosotros accept been dealing for several months, unable to find access to their long dormant Blogger / Google accounts.
Many practice non recollect creating accounts, others don't recollect the login details, which are essential to spider web log control.
Both the spider web log owners, too Blogger, contributed to the confusion.
The confusion was caused jointly yesteryear Blogger, too yesteryear the spider web log owners. And, it was not a surprise, to Blogger Support.
The confusion started amongst the history of the migration.
- In 2007, Blogger offered the chance to transfer command of owned blogs, to a novel Google based account, when mortal attempted to login to their legacy Blogger account.
- People never logging inwards to Blogger afterwards 2007 never got the offering to migrate.
- Some people elected to non migrate - but setup novel Google accounts too manually transferred command of their blogs - too left some legacy accounts inactive too without whatever owned blogs.
- Last year, Blogger warned people that the terminate of life, of the legacy accounts, was inevitable.
For a number of technical too operational reasons, we’ve decided to finally terminate our back upward for migrating legacy accounts too blogs afterwards December 5th, 2011. So if y'all accept a Blogger concern human relationship too haven’t logged inwards since 2007, y'all volition lose access to the concern human relationship too associated content permanently unless y'all update to the Google Account organization earlier December 5th.
- Last week, Blogger took the side yesteryear side step.
You are receiving this message because your e-mail address is associated amongst an unmigrated legacy Blogger account. As nosotros announced inwards Apr of lastly year, legacy accounts volition no longer live accessible afterwards May 30th, 2012 unless they are updated to the Google Account system. Any spider web log content associated amongst this concern human relationship volition also live unmodifiable afterwards that date.
- The emails went to registered owners of all unmigrated legacy accounts, whether or non whatever concern human relationship owned a blog.
The confusion was magnified yesteryear issues caused yesteryear the diverse spider web log owners.
- Blogger insists on making it slow to practice a Blogger account, oftentimes resulting inwards non intentional creation of multiple Blogger accounts. Some people, for instance, may accept created Blogger accounts to post comments, on other blogs.
- Some people receiving the e-mail had stopped using Blogger, long ago.
- Other people had continued using Blogger, but amongst newly created Blogger accounts - too only ignored the unused legacy accounts.
- Many people, overlooking the fact that the migration had started inwards 2007, became unhappy that they were given exclusively 1 calendar month to conclude what they had been given, to appointment - v years.
- Too many people, non having used their legacy accounts since 2006, were unable to recollect the concern human relationship advert or password, too were forced to purpose the "Forgot your password?" wizard.
- Some people, anxiously awaiting the arrival of the password reset email, constitute that this critical e-mail is subject to e-mail spam filters - too now, to email spoofing filters (and the ii are non the same).
- Some people managing to consummate the migration - but amongst their blogs owned yesteryear a dissever (newer) Google based Blogger concern human relationship - watched inwards horror equally their blogs appeared to disappear from their dashboards. The migration created a novel account, leaving their of import blogs owned yesteryear their previously created Blogger / Google account, which became inaccessible to them.
The confusion continued, amongst multiple scenarios.
The history, addition the issues, resulted inwards several scenarios - each resulting inwards an unhappy concern human relationship owner.
- Owners amongst a migrated previously legacy Blogger concern human relationship (created inwards 2007), too 1 or to a greater extent than un migrated legacy Blogger accounts. These people accept 1 or to a greater extent than legacy Blogger accounts (that they don't know about), addition an already migrated previously legacy concern human relationship (that can't live migrated, again).
- Owners amongst a Google based Blogger concern human relationship (created inwards 2007), too 1 or to a greater extent than un migrated legacy Blogger accounts. These people accept 1 or to a greater extent than legacy Blogger accounts (that they don't know about), addition a Google based Blogger concern human relationship (that can't live migrated).
- Owners amongst a unmarried un migrated legacy Blogger account, unable to migrate because of forgotten concern human relationship advert or password. These people accept a legacy Blogger concern human relationship (that tin live migrated, if they know the concern human relationship name, too the password).
- Owners amongst a single, newly migrated legacy Blogger concern human relationship (created this week, amongst no blogs), too a previously migrated or created Google concern human relationship (created inwards 2007, amongst the owned blogs). These people are straightaway logged inwards to Blogger amongst a novel Blogger account, too cannot access their blogs, owned yesteryear their previous Blogger account.
The unhappy recipients of the email, next the instructions provided to them, posted their complaints inwards Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken.
If y'all accept questions, delight see our Help Forum at http://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/OKddNnCN05400K too practice a message amongst [legacy Account] inwards the dependent land line.
Confusion was magnified yesteryear forum complaints, too inability to help.
The confusion spread, equally the forums became saturated yesteryear the complaints. Not all complaints used the "[legacy Account]" tag, suggested inwards the instructions. This motivated diverse forum helpers to purpose fuzzy processing techniques inwards sorting diverse forum complaints, too some non legacy issues were treated equally legacy issues. Other legacy issues were overlooked, inwards the book of posts.
Blogger Support, becoming aware of the numbers of complaints, created a legacy Account FAQ, too started answering questions, posted inwards the FAQ. And the frustration became expressed inwards various FAQ responses.
This is clearly non working out good for Blogger. In the truthful concern world, heads whorl when fails are too thence epic.
This spider web log possessor is overlooking the history too the issues, too making no acknowledgement of his contribution to the problem.
(Update 2012/04/30 10:00): Blogger Support has straightaway provided a form, for any legacy concern human relationship possessor to use, to asking details.
Mass Confusion Caused By Legacy Account Migration
Challenges Created By Legacy Account Migration