Why is the People sidebar opening for no reason?

hi...i'm steve, the other guy who's having the same problem.
First, i should tell you that i have my Flock set so that it opens to Flickr. when i click to open my Flock, the "People" always appears on the left, and in the View/Sidebar, "People" is checked. I click on the "X" on the upper right of the sidebar..."People" disappears, and it is no longer checked in View/Sidebar. HOWEVER, when i click on something in Flickr, "People" instantly reappears and it is also checked again in View/Sidebar. This process repeats each time that i close "People" then click on items in Flickr.
If i close "People" then click on something else (e.g., "Feeds") then the new thing stays, and if i close it, "People" does not re-appear!!! When i close Flock, then re-open it, "People" does not come back!!!!!
HEY!!!! In writing this, i think that i have fixed the proiblem!!!! :-D
I'll let you know if the problem re-appears.

alas, the fix didn't last. when i opened Flock this morning, it was the same old problem again...the "People" sidebar opens every time...and now if i change it to a different Sidebar, e.g., "Feeds," it automaticly switches back to People when i go to a different item in Flickr. Also, the "People" sidebar keeps switching to a new sidebar: "You are not currently logged into Flickr" [even though i am]; underneath it has a thing to click on that says "Login to Flickr" ... when i click on to this, the Flickr "People" sidebar comes back, but almost immediately closes back to the new sidebar "You are not currently....