Thank you for the Info NeonRobot.  It's valuable. Please don't pay attention to trolls that feed on negativity;  just ignore them.

Re BigStock:  I was never on BigStock, but did receive that SS mail.  So it is still a bug in my opinion, even if it's strictly BigStock payout specific.

I just logged in on my Bigstock account and it seems I'm still selling photos there. There's again a small amount there after I asked for a payout a few days ago.
Also when I check my monthly earnings I see I had sales every month of the past years, until this month.
They stopped accepting uploads, but are they still selling our content to customers?

Quote from: pancaketom on October 25, 2024, 20:49
Back to topic, I heard back from Bigstock, and it was a legitimate e-mail. I have requested my earnings. I used to wait until they hit $100, but that takes so long there now I guess I need to start doing it as soon as possible. Boy they really went downhill after 2018 or so.

Like others, I dropped BS long ago, and have no account there. Isn't this the usual for SS though? New code, untested and it's unleashed on us.

Quote from: Uncle Pete on October 28, 2024, 16:16.... Isn't this the usual for SS though? New code, untested and it's unleashed on us.

that's become standard for many IT org - users have become alpha testers because companies don't do even simple regression testing (ie, checking that a change in one function doesn't break something elsewhere). wirestock is notorious for this -- then blaming the user without even checking bug reports

Quote from: cascoly on October 28, 2024, 18:42


that's become standard for many IT org - users have become alpha testers because companies don't do even simple regression testing (ie, checking that a change in one function doesn't break something elsewhere). wirestock is notorious for this -- then blaming the user without even checking bug reports

That is so true.  Specially in microstock where contributors are expandable asset.