Author Topic: Awesome "Stockys" giveaway - $20,000 down the drain... (Read 24574 times)

click_click · « **on:** October 21, 2010, 19:06 »

What the heck is this about?
http://www.istockphoto.com/article_view.php?ID=906&utm_source=Oct2110&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ArtistCS

After everything they put us through they feel the need to blow their unsustainable cut on frigging, useless awards.

Geez, just have some decency will ya?

bittersweet · « **Reply #1 on:** October 21, 2010, 19:12 »

Oh goody another ~~brown-nosing popularity s*cking-up~~ contest.

yawn.

cathyslife · « **Reply #2 on:** October 21, 2010, 19:23 »

Yeah, seems everything is unsustainable except the parties.

eppic · « **Reply #3 on:** October 21, 2010, 19:27 »

WTH (What The H*ck?)
iStock has always had room for people who make inexplicable, unclassifiable or just downright bizarre things. This is the prize for all of those head-scratchers.

Does Istock really have room for this kind of category or is this the category for the drivvel we find featured on http://www.badstockart.com/?

click_click · « **Reply #4 on:** October 21, 2010, 19:30 »

Quote from: whatalife on October 21, 2010, 19:12

Oh goody another ~~brown-nosing popularity s*cking-up~~ contest.

yawn.

I don't care - they can have contests until their lights go out - fine with me, really.

But $2,000 prize money just after the disgusting news about paycuts? Come on.

Does an agent have to blow the money amongst all its signed artists?

Can you imagine what Johny Depp would tell his agent if they started handing out parts of their cuts to other actors?

Danged, $2,000 each - 10 times. Bah.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #5 on:** October 21, 2010, 19:42 »

My guess is that someone thinks that they can rebuild community with crap like this.

We don't have any say, however, in how they spend the portion of the take they keep, so other than not participating (entering or voting) I'm not sure what I can do to voice my displeasure with their choices.

If they were spending additional money on advertising, or using some of their cash-grab dollars (I know it's not January yet but they upped Vetta prices, dropped the commission and raised the prices on a bunch of existing files by putting them into the Agency collection) to woo buyers or try and bring in some new buyers, or ... just about anything else but a contest, I'd be a whole lot less angry.

caspixel · « **Reply #6 on:** October 21, 2010, 19:57 »

And still no love to the buyers. At least with stupid Punctum day the iStock selected (by one person) DOTWs from that particular year were eligible.

I see there are still plenty of iStock kool-aid drinking Woo-Yays to go around on that thread though.

I actually can't believe they have the gall to announce this contest so close to all the unsustainable talk. What a bunch of idiots there.

iclick · « **Reply #7 on:** October 22, 2010, 02:44 »

(double yawn)

not impressed at all more cringe factor off the scale, blatantly obvious attempt to get contributers back on side after ruthless and unfair cuts in Royalties. Kinda like giving a Plaster for a stab wound

It will be many a day before the warm glow is back at that place, who needs another popularity contest anyway

helix7 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 22, 2010, 07:36 »

Quote from: iclick on October 22, 2010, 02:44

not impressed at all more cringe factor off the scale, blatantly obvious attempt to get contributers back on side after ruthless and unfair cuts in Royalties...

Bingo. And from the looks of the discussion thread over there, everyone is buying into it. Sad.

cthoman · « **Reply #9 on:** October 22, 2010, 08:57 »

[loud fart noise] I mean wooyay!

caspixel · « **Reply #10 on:** October 22, 2010, 09:02 »

They really probably should have called it "The Clubbys".

LostOne · « **Reply #11 on:** October 22, 2010, 09:49 »

I'd rather stay at 20%. Cancel all the battle royals and other BS like this.

massman · « **Reply #12 on:** October 22, 2010, 09:52 »

Quote from: LostOne on October 22, 2010, 09:49

I'd rather stay at 20%. Cancel all the battle royals and other BS like this.

Does the battle royal come with cheese?

vonkara · « **Reply #13 on:** October 22, 2010, 09:52 »

Not only they put more pressure on me to perform to get a fair pourcentage of my sales. Now they want me to compete with let say 1000 photographers and have 10 chances to get an extra 2000$.

I feel like a donkey carrying Istock holding a carrot in front of my nose

dgilder · « **Reply #14 on:** October 22, 2010, 09:59 »

Well, of course their forums are wooing, they expunged the naysayers. Gee, I wonder what happens to people who surround themselves with yesmen, oh wait... Enron.

Just another sign that they are having serious financial issues from contributors spreading the word to shop elsewhere.

Karen · « **Reply #15 on:** October 22, 2010, 10:10 »

They really probably should have called it
"Money isn’t going to be what makes you all happy!"

Quote from: caspixel on October 22, 2010, 09:02

They really probably should have called it "The Clubbys".

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #16 on:** October 22, 2010, 10:23 »

Quote from: dgilder on October 22, 2010, 09:59

Well, of course their forums are wooing, they expunged the naysayers. ...

In addition to those they banned, there are those, like me, who won't participate but consider it either (a) beating a dead horse or (b) rude to continue saying in the forums how p#%sed off I am that they followed the cash grab with a cheap attempt to buy back the community they nuked.

That's our money they're spending on this contest.

click_click · « **Reply #17 on:** October 22, 2010, 10:31 »

Quote from: jsnover on October 22, 2010, 10:23

...That's our money they're spending on this contest.

This was exactly my initial point when starting this post.

I think it's disgusting to cut our commissions and turn around and throw away money (out of their unsustainable cut) for some really useless "awards".

No wonder their business is unsustainable when tossing the cash out of the window like that. Use your brains!

Microbius · « **Reply #18 on:** October 22, 2010, 10:41 »

mucky b*stards, they really think they can buy people off by * a pittance of their own money back at them after robbing them.
Oh wait, they probably can.

briciola · « **Reply #19 on:** October 22, 2010, 10:45 »

Quote from: Microbius on October 22, 2010, 10:41

mucky b*stards, they really think they can buy people off by a pittance of their own money back at them after robbing them.
Oh wait, they probably can.

they can, 'what fun', 'how cool', how stupid are these people?

iclick · « **Reply #20 on:** October 22, 2010, 11:16 »

Quote from: caspixel on October 22, 2010, 09:02

They really probably should have called it "The Clubbys".

lol Exactly!

jamirae · « **Reply #21 on:** October 22, 2010, 11:18 »

Quote from: briciola on October 22, 2010, 10:45

Quote from: Microbius on October 22, 2010, 10:41
mucky b*stards, they really think they can buy people off by a pittance of their own money back at them after robbing them.
Oh wait, they probably can.

they can, 'what fun', 'how cool', how stupid are these people?

this just about pisses me off to a whole new level. Someone posted this in the "where do we go .." thread regarding this latest development, and I have to say that it pretty much describes it:

"Panem et circenses"

LSD72 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 22, 2010, 13:38 »

Maybe they should make a Vatican Branch of Istock. They can try to cancel out each others bad news and bad moves.

VB inc · « **Reply #23 on:** October 22, 2010, 17:27 »

HahHahAhah

$20,000 = 15 minutes of istocks earnings stolen from contributor revenue anytime after 2011.

Didnt do the math but im sure my message is clear

cathyslife · « **Reply #24 on:** October 22, 2010, 17:40 »

Quote from: jsnover on October 22, 2010, 10:23

Quote from: dgilder on October 22, 2010, 09:59
Well, of course their forums are wooing, they expunged the naysayers. ...

In addition to those they banned, there are those, like me, who won't participate but consider it either (a) beating a dead horse or (b) rude to continue saying in the forums how p#%sed off I am that they followed the cash grab with a cheap attempt to buy back the community they nuked.

That's our money they're spending on this contest.

I feel like you do, jsnover. They've already digusted me so much that I just don't have too many more words to say about the whole thing. And it disgusts me even more, the people who are still on board with them. Whatever.

Quote

Someone posted this in the "where do we go .." thread regarding this latest development, and I have to say that it pretty much describes it:

"Panem et circenses"

Ha! That's it exactly!

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