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..putting that user in the top five of all contributors by number of files on the site.

Does anybody know if the promised work that was going to be done to bring Edstock's work closer to the standard required for everyone else on iStock was even started before this new gigantic ingestion?  Or was that just quietly dropped like so many other things?  Suppose we may as well forget about it if JJRD and his team would have to go though 15,000 files.  Maybe it'll be 30,000 files by this time next week.

And - in case you want a laugh - from the OP of the original thread about the Edstock ingestion: The content will be treated just like any other content on iStockphoto and is not being given any special treatment.

It explains the really slow editorial inspection que at the moment.

The most recent images seem to be about 2500 celebrity portraits, but digging a bit further there are a lot more very standard location images which compete directly with regular contributors, including in some already well covered areas. I can see many images that will compete directly with some of the material I've been uploading over the last month.

Its a frustrating process uploading files in these areas when the same search get flooded without warning with about 5000 images from a "contributor" with no limits.

Maybe minor celebrity portraits then...?

My not having heard of someone doesn't preclude them from being a celebrity - its not really something that interests me. I just saw a whole lot of faces at movie events and glazed over.

here's the link
http://www.istockphoto.com/edstock

And the total is now 16,909 and Lobo has locked a thread "congratulating" EdStock on having the largest iStock portfolio.

Only 700+ downloads so far though. Two files are over 10 and the rest are in single digits.

^ Yep - seems that in 24 hours EdStock has had almost 10,000 files accepted.  I've been waiting over a week to have one accepted, and probably still have 2 more weeks to wait.

Definitely no special treatment going on then.

I'm going to have to put on my Shank hat for this response:

Ok guys, I'm sure this EdStock represents at least 1,000 photographers around the globe. Thus, doing the math, 1,000 x (what is the upload limit for new contributors these days - let's guesstimate 10) = 10,000. There you go, perfectly acceptable.

As far as content goes, and bringing in new customers, tell me please, who wouldn't need a photo of the legs of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy at the 2009 A.R.T-JOY-LOVE Charity Gala at the Pavillon d'Armenonville in Paris, France???
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-16841813-a-r-t-joy-love-charity-gala-for-association-hadassah.php?st=4ed8d73

Case closed

You have a Shank hat?

Not something I'd want to wear, but each to his own... 

Don't want this one to die just because the new ASA sucks more:

Aug 21st vs Aug. 29th, no special treatment EdStock. Yeah right. now 40 days for my last editorial, waiting for review. No favorites or special treatment? BS!





22 thousand images and still climbing?

(Shank Hat, what does it look like, what colors do they come in?) 

Indeed :

"We do not accept photographs of celebrities and public figures. It is a can of worms we just aren't opening."

And I had one rejected because the location and date were on all caps. I resubmitted and now I'm expecting it to be rejected because it isn't on all caps .

Well, they couldn't have us doing it and competing with the agglomeration which is EdStock.

I also see plenty where no sneaking is needed - famous London landmarks, the street scenes in India and landmarks in Berlin (for example) are already well covered subjects, as are many of the locations they're flooding with what are in some cases quite awful looking images.

I'm pretty sure I have photos of this same squirrel - good to see Edstock didn't get a model release either: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-17622926-scenes-of-india.php?st=8c89378

Isock contributors needing to open an account on Getty to be able to put files on Istock.... wow that's *removed coarse language* up really good !