I'm not so sure Sean was at that level I seem to remember him saying it was unattainable even for him.

I'm sure he can answer for himself, but if he wasn't, he was one of many victims of their bait-and-switch scheme [1] whereby they encouraged people to supply multiple media then split the media when calculating RC-based royalty rates.
[1] In Pollyanna mode, I concede that I have no actual proof that it was malice aforethought.

Oh, we will miss her! PCC was great!! Really, really good!

Rob is a very nice guy from the interactions I've had with him. Good choice. I hope he enjoys it, community building is a thrilling job but also stressful.

I wonder whatever became of the two Getty admins that wanted to engage the community last year. Krikringle, Kingcash - anybody remember them? (did I get the names right?)

I think stronger interaction directly between community and getty would be helpful to move istock out of the crisis.

Rob is a very nice guy from the interactions I've had with him. Good choice. I hope he enjoys it, community building is a thrilling job but also stressful.

Grief, are the mods supposed to be for community building? I thought it was to keep the Great Unwashed tugging their forelocks, or kick them out.

Quote from: ShadySue on April 11, 2013, 21:34

Quote from: dingles on April 10, 2013, 19:36

It bothers me that it seems more time is spent moderatating the forums then actually making their product better.

Talking of which, I see Pink_cotton_candy is no longer a mod, but Rob Mattingley is.
(Maybe that was old news and I missed it when I was away.)

Pink-cotton-candy... hmmmm... so familiar.  If it is the same one, we're acquainted.  She's the one who got me banned at DT.
Could it be the same one?  That will be 2 years ago in June.   

I doubt it. This one has been exclusive on iS for at least that long.

Maybe if iStock just killed the forums they'd eliminate half their current PR issues ;P

that sounds like a snarky byte from an iS gatekeeper

If they fixed anything I'd be happy at this point. There is just a huge list piling up...the forum mods are collecting and collecting issues and suggestions...but I have yet to see action...I would expect action on at least the major issues that affect sales, but nothing. It's beyond frustrating and reaching comical at this point.

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Quote from: mlwinphoto on April 12, 2013, 21:26

Quote from: dingles on April 12, 2013, 20:47

Maybe if iStock just killed the forums they'd eliminate half their current PR issues ;P

Actually, if they fixed the upload issue, the royalty and RC issues, the connector issues, the best match issues, etc., etc.....those things would help with PR/contributor relations more than anything else.  Frickin' train wreck; looking for an alternative.

The uploads are working now.  I know you don't want to hear this but you have uploaded about 2 files a week since you became a contributor, is this really an issue for you?  I've uploaded around 100 since the upload problems started so I doubt it's holding you back.  The royalty and RC issue is fixed and it was handled much better than it has been in the past with a faster response and more transparency.  The connector seems to me to be working very well, I've even had some go over on the same day but all my recent E+ has been transferred in at most 2 days.  The same is true for the Partner Program.  I don't know about the Best Match but my sales have been much better the last month or so, from my perspective it's not perfect but it's pretty good.

If you are really that concerned about my stats how many files have I uploaded since I became exclusive last July?  Good for you uploading so many files since the upload process 'broke'....most of the time when I try to do so I get an error message.  The total number of files I have is irrelevant as, last I heard, my #'s don't influence the inner workings of iStock. 
The connector is not working for older E+ files and hasn't for several months.  Same holds true for the PP.
And, unless I'm missing something, the royalty/RC issue isn't resolved yet and won't be until next week.
Glad to hear your sales have been better the last month or so...good for you, or wooyay as they say at iStock.  What was happening prior to that time?  How are your new uploads doing?  Any with more than 3 DL's?
To each his own.

Glad to hear they have streamlined the retro pay.  As often as it occurs, it was probably time develop a process.

They haven't streamlined the retro pay. They've acknowledged there's an issue then put back the timetable for repayment after an initial response. Business as usual.

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I've been uploading personal pics to Flickr on and off all day; about 15 mins ago there was an error message, and uploads were timing out.
But they fixed it ... within 15 mins. At 01:18 BST on a weekend.
I know one other site that almost certainly could or would not have been able to do that, and it's allegedly a 24/7 commercial site.