Not sure this is the right topic to post some positive news about Wirestock, but anyhow, here it goes.

They kept word, and after closing down their Slack, they now re-established direct dialogue with their contributors by opening up a Discord community. Every contributor should have gotten a mail (check your spam) with the invite link.

I don't contribute to them anymore because of reasons mentioned in the topic here, and they still stand if you ask me, but this is something they try to do right. I remember from their Slack channel that the staff was pretty active there.

They are must be making huge money from the data deals from SS and P5 

Quote from: Roscoe on May 05, 2023, 12:49
They kept word, and after closing down their Slack, they now re-established direct dialogue with their contributors by opening up a Discord community. Every contributor should have gotten a mail (check your spam) with the invite link.

No, not every contributor is invited. Here's what their support had to say:

QuoteThanks for contacting us.
The Wirestock Discord Server is a closed community and creators can join only through an invitation.
Users with an Approval Rate of 90% or higher will receive an invitation via email.

Please let me know if there is anything else I can help you with.

Quote from: alijaber on May 05, 2023, 21:03
They are must be making huge money from the data deals from SS and P5 

did they address how they are giving contributors their due for these, or DACS payment from Alamy and the likes, which are not reported to specific images

Almost a year after I asked Wirestock to terminate my account, and six months after they had confirmed that all files had been removed, I started uploading the files I had there to my own SS account.

But then I got a couple of rejects, because the content had priviously been submitted, and I found that they were still present as Wirestock files.

According to Wirestock, all my files had been removed long ago, so it appears that their system doesn't keep a 100% track of the files. I sent them links to the two files, and they removed them immediately.

Hopefully I don't get more rejects for previously submitted content.

I don't like wirestock,I don't like the idea of ​​one big portfolio,and then I believe that only the author can adequately index his content,and then why should I give away a percentage of my earnings?

Quote from: amabu on May 12, 2023, 09:39

Quote from: Roscoe on May 05, 2023, 12:49
They kept word, and after closing down their Slack, they now re-established direct dialogue with their contributors by opening up a Discord community. Every contributor should have gotten a mail (check your spam) with the invite link.

No, not every contributor is invited. Here's what their support had to say:

QuoteThanks for contacting us.
The Wirestock Discord Server is a closed community and creators can join only through an invitation.
Users with an Approval Rate of 90% or higher will receive an invitation via email.

Please let me know if there is anything else I can help you with.

Only the special people are allowed to speak?

Quote from: ouatedeP on May 12, 2023, 11:38

Quote from: alijaber on May 05, 2023, 21:03
They are must be making huge money from the data deals from SS and P5 

did they address how they are giving contributors their due for these, or DACS payment from Alamy and the likes, which are not reported to specific images

Yes to both, I wonder what the answer is?

There are some things I like about having my extra images, working on WS, and I control SS, AS, and AL myself. I do have accounts on IS and DT, for now. But the part I like about WS is, anything and everything else, like P5, DP, anythings else, I don't have an account and as soon as the combined from all, hits $30 I get paid. Rejects go to WS and most have been accepted.

WS keeps changing things, someone said they have a new upload system, again? The whole pay for keywording, and I don't see the free, using my keywords anymore. What if I don't want their words? "We have invested in the review and keyword system..." Yeah so they force it on us, even when everything is already included.

Don't like that the free upload, after the fact, they changed to must be 85% accepted rate and I started at WS uploading everything I ever had, for about 15 years, so there were some dogs in there. Their reviews were getting sorted out with AI early on and I had rejections for crooked horizon, that were totally bogus. Rejections for grain, same as SS, when it was sand or snow or leaves or water ripples.

I don't like the stinky piddling Extra Channels or MiriCanvas pennies, but there are similar 3¢ sales from IS and Evanto. IS does that on their own accounts, Alamy has the same, what's the difference? It isn't a WS only situation.

But still, $30 whenever and I don't have to do anything but watch my old images, working on sites I won't work for, myself. I may upload something at the end of the year.

WHATABOUT the SS AI use, the other data use deals, or DACS? Can one of you elite and special people  allowed on Discord, please ask them? I'd like to see what they say?