Author Topic: Banned from Istock club (Read 50365 times)

aluxum · « **Reply #50 on:** February 10, 2013, 06:23 »

LOL

cmannphoto · « **Reply #51 on:** February 10, 2013, 07:34 »

Quote from: ARTPUPPY on February 10, 2013, 05:31

I'll just leave this here...

Love it, the only thing missing is the "hammer"

RacePhoto · « **Reply #52 on:** February 10, 2013, 14:19 »

Quote from: Microbius on February 10, 2013, 05:35

Wow great work!

Too bad there's not some free multiplier for posts that go over 20+ in short time.

Made my day reading it. Nice work Artpuppy

Juanmonino · « **Reply #53 on:** February 10, 2013, 15:02 »

Quote from: ARTPUPPY on February 10, 2013, 05:31

I'll just leave this here...

Your excellent artwork says it all

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #54 on:** February 10, 2013, 15:28 »

Quote from: ARTPUPPY on February 10, 2013, 05:31

I'll just leave this here...

You're cheering up a bunch of us with your talented (if black) humor. Even if it's wasted on them, it's not wasted on us

And I hope you don't mind, but I shared a link to those with a FB group (i.e. it's not public). PM me if you want me to remove the links

Chico · « **Reply #55 on:** February 10, 2013, 15:43 »

Quote from: jsnover on February 10, 2013, 15:28

Quote from: ARTPUPPY on February 10, 2013, 05:31
I'll just leave this here...

You're cheering up a bunch of us with your talented (if black) humor. Even if it's wasted on them, it's not wasted on us

And I hope you don't mind, but I shared a link to those with a FB group (i.e. it's not public). PM me if you want me to remove the links

What FB group? Can i be included?

ARTPUPPY · « **Reply #56 on:** February 10, 2013, 16:06 »

Quote from: jsnover on February 10, 2013, 15:28

Quote from: ARTPUPPY on February 10, 2013, 05:31
I'll just leave this here...

You're cheering up a bunch of us with your talented (if black) humor. Even if it's wasted on them, it's not wasted on us

And I hope you don't mind, but I shared a link to those with a FB group (i.e. it's not public). PM me if you want me to remove the links

Thanks everybody. Jo Ann & all, yes you can use the cartoon as you wish. You may not have the istock forums, but you all have a place (and voice) elsewhere.

pieman · « **Reply #57 on:** February 10, 2013, 16:31 »

I've actually added it to my facebook status. Terrific work. I think maybe you should consider a caption contest. I would be more than happy to participate in that.

As for this Banned from iStock Club: I understand. It's easy for you to speak about your experience without also taking into consideration the number of times I have had to contact people, delete posts, try as best as I can to rationalize why it's important for people to remain civil. I'm not perfect. I rise to the bait left out for me occasionally.

These are public forums too. We can all read them. Contributor Relations(who tend to get the worst of the frustration - see the deactivation notice thread you have going), Client Relations(they get the calls that should probably be going to Contributor Relations- no phone support is horrible, I know) and the few buyers who come in to see what is going on here. Everyone sees everything.

Anyhoo, I've already made it clear in the forum restructure thread that anyone who would like to discuss having their privileges reinstated are more than welcome to contact me via site mail on iStock. Clearly, not all of you have site mail either. So I suspect your best bet is via a support ticket.

Thanks, folks. Don't hate the player, hate the game

Babbalouie · « **Reply #58 on:** February 10, 2013, 16:57 »

Wow, Made a screenshot in case this is real and disappears

Chico · « **Reply #59 on:** February 10, 2013, 17:00 »

Wow. More one IS staff here. When Lobo itself arrives?

JPSDK · « **Reply #60 on:** February 10, 2013, 17:09 »

Quote from: pieman on February 10, 2013, 16:31

I've actually added it to my facebook status. Terrific work. I think maybe you should consider a caption contest. I would be more than happy to participate in that.

As for this Banned from iStock Club: I understand. It's easy for you to speak about your experience without also taking into consideration the number of times I have had to contact people, delete posts, try as best as I can to rationalize why it's important for people to remain civil. I'm not perfect. I rise to the bait left out for me occasionally.

These are public forums too. We can all read them. Contributor Relations(who tend to get the worst of the frustration - see the deactivation notice thread you have going), Client Relations(they get the calls that should probably be going to Contributor Relations- no phone support is horrible, I know) and the few buyers who come in to see what is going on here. Everyone sees everything.

Anyhoo, I've already made it clear in the forum restructure thread that anyone who would like to discuss having their privileges reinstated are more than welcome to contact me via site mail on iStock. Clearly, not all of you have site mail either. So I suspect your best bet is via a support ticket.

Thanks, folks. Don't hate the player, hate the game

How dare you!
I was very civil in the posts that got me banned, it was not name calling, it was critisism of the company.
Do not come here and pretend that we were not civil.
It is YOU who was not civil. Stepped on freedom of speech and didnt dare to listen to any critisism.
Go away, find a shelter inside your maze of sulfurous delutions, called istock..

Poncke · « **Reply #61 on:** February 10, 2013, 17:24 »

Wow, just wow, thats a clear cut case of severe delusionalism

http://delusionalism.blogspot.ie/2010/02/what-is-delusionalism.html

Seriously, I do not want to get banned here, but if I could speak my mind, you would get a few minutes worth of severe foul language thrown at you, pieman.

One word. Despicable.

ShadySue · « **Reply #62 on:** February 10, 2013, 17:30 »

It's remarkably easy for support tickets to be 'disappeared'.
In any case, why bother?
it's also one of iStock's many 'glorious ironies' that mods so often say to contact CR, who not only give different answers depending on who answers your query, and too often just seem to 'make things up', but also too often refer us back to 'our forums, which are a marvellous resource'.
Ha - way to avoid answering a question on all sides.

Chico · « **Reply #63 on:** February 10, 2013, 17:37 »

Quote from: ShadySue on February 10, 2013, 17:30

It's remarkably easy for support tickets to be 'disappeared'.
In any case, why bother?
it's also one of iStock's many 'glorious ironies' that mods so often say to contact CR, who not only give different answers depending on who answers your query, and too often just seem to 'make things up', but also too often refer us back to 'our forums, which are a marvellous resource'.
Ha - way to avoid answering a question on all sides.

Mail to CR = /dev/null

pieman · « **Reply #64 on:** February 10, 2013, 17:38 »

I guess that's part of the problem. Everyone wants to make things about me. Well it's about all of us. Yes, this is my account. I'm Lobo on iStock. I'm the horrible monster.

Maybe leaf will let you speak your mind. I can assure you I've read plenty of terrible things in my 11 years with iStock so you won't hurt my feelings. One thing you might consider: swearing and cursing at me might only go towards proving my point as to why you were banned in the first place.

As for the REASONS people are typically banned: it comes down to civility. There are people who seem to have an interesting way of omitting certain facts related to the loss of their privileges. I won't call people out but if you consider the inherent tone present here it might be easier to understand.

These forums have lurkers too. People who would like to participate are hesitant because there is rarely anything constructive going on. It seems to be a catch all for anger and rage. I read these forums everyday. Don't think for a second I don't.

Anyway. Have at it. I'll leave you all now and let you prove me wrong. Thanks for reading. Apologies for any grammar or spelling issue. I'm typing this on my phone.

Poncke · « **Reply #65 on:** February 10, 2013, 17:44 »

Quote from: pieman on February 10, 2013, 17:38

I'm Lobo on iStock. I'm the horrible monster.

Ok, so you are not delusional

Chico · « **Reply #66 on:** February 10, 2013, 17:45 »

The arrogance remains the same.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #67 on:** February 10, 2013, 17:48 »

My support ticket asking if mine is a lifetime ban or can I have my posting privileges back - from May 4 2012 - has disappeared and was never answered.

Brenda (oldladybird) sent me e-mail in September 2012 saying the ticket had been incorrectly assigned and was "buried in the ticketing system".

Since then nothing and recently the ticket disappeared. At this point - for me - it's moot, but you should understand that telling people to open a support ticket doesn't always result in any response at all.

You can try to make the whole thing seem civilized and fair, but that's just not what many of us have experienced. I can't do more than guess at why this happens the way it does, but you can't expect people who know better to accept this whitewashing effort.

I contributed in many ways in many sections of the iStock forums and being banned for life for one snarky remark about a misguided venture (Feast) seems to me that you didn't take into consideration any of my past donated time (critique forum in particular). Coming to an off-site forum where people have taken refuge from your bans and suggesting that we're not considering how hard your job is is just rich.

JPSDK · « **Reply #68 on:** February 10, 2013, 17:51 »

I dont want to "recover". It is not me who has lost priveleges. It is Istock who has lost me.
And Lobos presses of buttons has cost istock money.

djpadavona · « **Reply #69 on:** February 10, 2013, 18:11 »

@ARTPUPPY -

You are truly brilliant. That made my day!

blackwaterimages · « **Reply #70 on:** February 10, 2013, 18:12 »

Is there a reason that admins are allowed in this forum? Couldn't membership be controlled so that we don't have to worry about them butting in here too?

tickstock · « **Reply #71 on:** February 10, 2013, 18:13 »

blackwaterimages · « **Reply #72 on:** February 10, 2013, 18:15 »

Quote from: tickstock on February 10, 2013, 18:13

You can ignore them if you want...

Oh, I know. Just seems like they shouldn't be welcome at all here, but maybe that's just my opinion.

djpadavona · « **Reply #73 on:** February 10, 2013, 18:17 »

Quote from: blackwaterimages on February 10, 2013, 18:12

Is there a reason that admins are allowed in this forum? Couldn't membership be controlled so that we don't have to worry about them butting in here too?

If you believe in freedom of speech, then they should be allowed to be here. And you have your opportunity to voice your opinion to them in neutral territory. Relish it, imo.

sharpshot · « **Reply #74 on:** February 10, 2013, 18:17 »

I think all my recent posts in the istock forum have been critical of them and I haven't been banned. But some of the posts that people have said they have been banned for don't look any worse than mine. Perhaps they have been more persistent than I have?

If pieman is Lobo, it's good to know that istock people look at this forum but its a shame that nearly all posts here are critical of istock. There's an easy way to fix that. Bring back the 20% fixed commission for non-exclusives and give us an opt-out for Thinkstock and any Google like deals. As that's never going to happen, keep reading the 99.9% negative posts about istock here.

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Author Topic: Banned from Istock club (Read 50365 times)

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Poncke

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Chico

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Poncke

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djpadavona

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