Quote from: Noedelhap on December 01, 2011, 02:25
"Starting tomorrow until Dec 7, this code will give you 15% off any purchase: 1979SUCKS."

1979SUCKS? It's getting worse and worse. This is beyond nightmare.

"1979SUCKS" as a coupon code?

If IS didn't get hacked they really messed with a lot of serious customers - and not in a good way...

Quote from: jamirae on December 01, 2011, 02:32
ridiculous.  I just got back from the dentist - the left side of my face is numb.. I login to see if I have any sales.. and I get the ridiculous 1979sucks page.  what?  screenshot attached in case it changes and anyone misses this assinine thing. 

really, iStock?  can you also give contributors 15% MORE for what we are losing?? 

That's the improved version, jamirae.  You should have seen the one that this one replaced.  I think it's screenprinted in the other thread, the one about "maintenance or hack", something  like that.

I'm getting a feeling they got hacked!

Quote from: blackwaterimages on December 01, 2011, 02:36

Quote from: SNP on December 01, 2011, 02:28
they have been replying to contributors' tweets too....

Well, not me. But if so, what exactly are they saying they're going to do to compensate the contributors? Nothing, I'm sure.

nothing you don't already know. just that they are working on it. I think they've been hacked too. no basis for that other than appearances.

I thought 1979 was a good year. I was born then.

Why blame on conspiracy (hacking) what is more simply explained by incompetence. Given the database/caching/everything else issues they have had with their back end over the last couple of weeks, lack of technical expertise is the most likely reason.

Personally, I don't think they got hacked.   My guess would be it was a major implementation of something (what, I don't know) that went bad.  They haven't always given us notice when things are rolled out.  And there's way too much affected for it to be from a tweak of something -- it's uploads, downloads, royalties, RCs, sitemail, you name it.  Just my two cents.

Quote from: Susan S. on December 01, 2011, 02:57
Why blame on conspiracy (hacking) what is more simply explained by incompetence...

It never even crossed my mind that this could be a hacking incident. I'd be amazed if it was anything other than internal screw-ups.

Quote from: ProArtwork on December 01, 2011, 02:48
I'm getting a feeling they got hacked!

No, they haven't. They would be screaming in all corners if they have. This is just absolute incompetence of their IT department, massive failure, inability to restore the back-up and maybe (I wouldn't be surprised at that point) absence of back-up altogether.

Quote from: helix7 on December 01, 2011, 02:55

I thought 1979 was a good year. I was born then.

It's also a great Smashing Pumpkins song.   

The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979

LEAF
enrage bandwith this what iSmacks are doing is priceless to you forum.
Show us numbers of peeks of activity 

Quote from: pancaketom on December 01, 2011, 01:56
...I was trying to add up my totals for the month and I realized I have no clue what the pathetic IS contribution actually is...

Dang, I forgot about that. I was chortling over this latest iSfailstock episode and then I read that post and I realized WHAT!?  I hate it when I cannot add up my revenues at 12:01 PM EST on the last day of the month. I already got my November report from Rodeo early this afternoon. I was all set, just waiting for 10:00 PM Mountain Time. Now iStock screws me over again in yet another way.  That place is starting to p*ss me off

Quote from: Mliss on December 01, 2011, 03:02

Quote from: ProArtwork on December 01, 2011, 02:48
I'm getting a feeling they got hacked!

No, they haven't. They would be screaming in all corners if they have. This is just absolute incompetence of their IT department, massive failure, inability to restore the back-up and maybe (I wouldn't be surprised at that point) absence of back-up altogether.

They probably haven't gotten hacked, but gosh, there's a good excuse for them to use!

Quote from: cclapper on December 01, 2011, 03:15

Quote from: Mliss on December 01, 2011, 03:02

Quote from: ProArtwork on December 01, 2011, 02:48
I'm getting a feeling they got hacked!

No, they haven't. They would be screaming in all corners if they have. This is just absolute incompetence of their IT department, massive failure, inability to restore the back-up and maybe (I wouldn't be surprised at that point) absence of back-up altogether.

They probably haven't gotten hacked, but gosh, there's a good excuse for them to use!

It could also be an inside job. Anything is possible! But if true, they would never admit to it especially if it's an inside job.

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - Bob Dylan (LIVE@Newport Folk Festival 1964)

That's one way to avoid the November sales thread....

I'm reading twitter and some think the page is funny.  All is see is text.  Is there something I'm missing?

Quote from: ProArtwork on December 01, 2011, 03:25

Quote from: cclapper on December 01, 2011, 03:15

Quote from: Mliss on December 01, 2011, 03:02

Quote from: ProArtwork on December 01, 2011, 02:48
I'm getting a feeling they got hacked!

No, they haven't. They would be screaming in all corners if they have. This is just absolute incompetence of their IT department, massive failure, inability to restore the back-up and maybe (I wouldn't be surprised at that point) absence of back-up altogether.

They probably haven't gotten hacked, but gosh, there's a good excuse for them to use!

It could also be an inside job. Anything is possible! But if true, they would never admit to it especially if it's an inside job.

Someone sent Lobo a fish-head pie as payment

Quote from: sjlocke on December 01, 2011, 03:33
I'm reading twitter and some think the page is funny.  All is see is text.  Is there something I'm missing?

you're not missing anything. it's not funny. the reason I thought it may have been hacked is because of how ridiculous the codes are. 1979sucks.....doesn't exactly scream professional

Quote from: sjlocke on December 01, 2011, 03:33
I'm reading twitter and some think the page is funny.  All is see is text.  Is there something I'm missing?

All I see is text too.  Maybe they're laughing at the "back to the future" concept?  I don't know.  I don't understand the significance of 1979 either -- there was no 1979 iStockphoto -- maybe there' just something I am not getting.  

Does anything they do scream professional ?

It seems like some are seeing images or something.  "I love the error page" - there must be something else.  I don't get the 1979 reference or why it's hilarious.

Quote from: karenhermann on December 01, 2011, 03:36
All I see is text too.  Maybe they're laughing at the "back to the future" concept?  I don't know.  I don't understand the significance of 1979 either -- there was no 1979 iStockphoto -- maybe there' just something I am not getting.  

They are referring to the Stone Age of the Internet, I guess. When the web pages looked like this one. In reality there is nothing laughable about it - it is an indication of the serious IT problem they are having. As I've mentioned before - maybe they even lost the back-up (God help us then).

Quote from: sjlocke on December 01, 2011, 03:41
It seems like some are seeing images or something.  "I love the error page" - there must be something else.  I don't get the 1979 reference or why it's hilarious.

are there people actually saying it's hilarious? I don't think anyone is seeing graphics, but someone correct me if that is wrong

"Sat to work and got a laugh from the devolpers at t.co/EfNu4StT. Check their "site is down" page."

Just seems like a weird response to that page.  Maybe the text is funny and I don't get it.  I just thought it was missing its CSS or something.