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Does anyone have an example of a microstock site reacting in a positive manner to a rant or complaint in a forum?
Does anyone here actually think the complaining works? Or are folks just blowing off steam knowing full well nothing will change?
IMO the sites see 95% of us as pawns. They could care less if we stop uploading to them. We can complain all we want to whom ever we want but nothing will change. Do you disagree?For every photog who either stops uploading or pulls their images, there are 5 to take his/her place.Does anyone here really think the influx of contributors will slow down giving each of us a say so in how a sites does its business? Please Not in my lifetime
I my opinion not that my opinion matters people that rant and rave about the microstockAgencies are less experienced with microstock game then others, complaining and threatening will not work, agencies are going to do what they need to do with their business and you as the photographer like it or leave it. Another point if your complaining about rejection just think about the strike three your out rule if three agencies reject your photo it is bad I dont hear the top photographer around the world complaining you all know you I mean. I agree with Suwannee Quote (Maybe we could start a new trend (or get back to the way it used to be here), and start being optimistic and encouraging to each other and forward-thinking and HAPPY!Quit yer bitchin'!)
Face it. We're just the suppliers of ammo. The sites themselves will be the casualties. We can always make more ammo and sell to the survivors. We may be a bit poorer for it but we're not out of business.
Yes, fotolia have raised their sub. sale commissions by a few cents with promises of more to come after lots of complaints in theirs and other forums
And yes, the number one photographer in the world does complain. Not over picky stuff, but like many of us, he speaks up when he feels strongly about something. Recently he had a thread here in on MSG complaining about subscriptions. And he also complained on SS's boards over the low raise they just handed out.
Yes, more experienced microstockers do complain in the forums. And they are the ones taken seriously. I have been doing this for over three years and make my full time living at it. I don't complain often, but when I do it is over something I feel is important.