I often see mention here of 'the good old days', as a relative newbie (15 months in) I'd like to know when was that? What was it like? And what changed?!

the good old days is when everything sells at SS, the thing that changed is my income is getting less and lesser

i only started testing the waters with a few images last august. but i feel the returns growth is commensurate, if not exceeding, portfolio growth all along. ie a 10% increase in upload can result in 50% revenue growth. so, i feel the good old times is now. i'd imagine for the real old timers, they were probably experiencing 100% growth on a monthly basis. ah.....

every mythology has its own golden age - so I believe the good old days never existed actually

If you hear 'traditional' stock shooters referring to the good old days they mean anytime prior to 7th April 2000

The good old days, to me, are right now!

Ditto

Quote from: sharply_done on April 07, 2010, 13:10

The good old days, to me, are right now!

I remember the days of  10 cents image
Yes right now is the time to make some money
my 2cents

I often see mention here of 'the good old days', as a relative newbie (15 months in) I'd like to know when was that? What was it like? And what changed?!

Two things for me:

1) I got older, everything is the good old days.

2) We used to get paid for licensing images. With the current trend, dropping commissions, subscription sites Etc. we will be paying to have people use our photos, because the competition for free photos and exposure is getting so cut-throat. 

For the rest of the world, there was less competition, less photos in the collections, more exposure, buyers didn't have the advantage of price wars and new sites giving away the products to get business. My opinion would be, easier to make sales and higher returns per sale, for people starting out years ago. Old timers with good portfolios have a definite advantage now, so that would be the Good New Days for them? 

The good old days = the date the complainer started in microstock, through the date that the individual's growth trend hit its peak.

The bad new days = the date the individual's growth trend hit its peak, through today, due to:
a) the buyers' appetites for "business handshakes" and "everything isolated on white" finally being satiated
b) all those criminal microstock sites sticking it to them! (we knew when we signed those agreements that changes might be made that could adversely affect us, but we didn't think you'd do it!)
c) you signing up

LOL!!  That sums it up perfectly!! 

According to your formula my good old days were 2006-2007.

But to be fair, I have made more in 2008-2009.  Just didn't have as much fun doing it...

The good old days  were around till you signed up and 500,000 others. 

For me, the good old days were before the economy hit the skids. The good old days are slowly coming back.