I haven't been banned and I've certainly posted many things pointing out the flaws, problems, greed, inconsistency, etc. with various aspects of the site or company policy.

I have gotten ticked off via site mail a couple of times, but not for every post. Things are not good over there, and I find the "thank you for fixing this piece of code you broke months ago" pretty gag inducing, but I do think it's possible to hold their toes to the fire as long as you don't rant or make personal attacks.

Once, I really think there was some attention paid to contributor concerns and speaking out in the forum made a difference. I don't think that any more, but until I give up on the site altogether, I will continue to complain constructively about things that need attention.

It's pretty easy to get yourself banned by bluntly and angrily telling them the truth about how they have effed up one of the best stock sites out there. It's also reasonably easy to avoid getting banned if you want to temper what you say a little and word things carefully (harder to do for non-native English speakers, I realize).

I haven't been banned and I've certainly posted many things pointing out the flaws, problems, greed, inconsistency, etc. with various aspects of the site or company policy.

I have gotten ticked off via site mail a couple of times, but not for every post. Things are not good over there, and I find the "thank you for fixing this piece of code you broke months ago" pretty gag inducing, but I do think it's possible to hold their toes to the fire as long as you don't rant or make personal attacks.

Once, I really think there was some attention paid to contributor concerns and speaking out in the forum made a difference. I don't think that any more, but until I give up on the site altogether, I will continue to complain constructively about things that need attention.

It's pretty easy to get yourself banned by bluntly and angrily telling them the truth about how they have effed up one of the best stock sites out there. It's also reasonably easy to avoid getting banned if you want to temper what you say a little and word things carefully (harder to do for non-native English speakers, I realize).

+1

I do think it's possible to hold their toes to the fire as long as you don't rant or make personal attacks.

Don't try to be funny either. That was one of the reasons for my banning. Lobo doesn't like "lolcanoes", even if everyone else does.

He's takes himself far too seriously, just like the traffic cop he claims to be.

I'm still going to have to disagree with the group. Yes this Lobo character is totally out of control but iStock still condones it by letting him do what he wants. I've sent several emails to contributor relations and had a nice twitter chat with who ever runs their twitter and no one has reached out to me or rectified my ban. iStock is as much to blame as Lobo(tomy)

Boy am I glad I had myself banned when I did.

While it seems Lobo's tone has softened these last weeks, the more I read of Dawn and Kelvin (in particular) in their new role as moderators, the less I feel I know them. Their voices/tone has really changed from before the badges.

I miss the old Kelvin. He had some of the best zingers I've ever read on those forums.

Poor fat lobo. He really deserves lobotomy...

Apparently he's also poor. All hail angry parakeet. 

Apparently he's also poor. All hail angry parakeet. 

I get the impression he's suffering from dementia. He seems to be completely forgetful or totally unaware of who is actually paying his f*cking wages.

Quote from: PaulieWalnuts on February 17, 2011, 22:07

Apparently he's also poor. All hail angry parakeet. 

I get the impression he's suffering from dementia. He seems to be completely forgetful or totally unaware of who is actually paying his f*cking wages.

His Mother was a hamster and his father smells of elderberries

Can anyone here be any more irrelevant or stupid with personal attacks?

Oh by the way, IS pays his wages and IS makes the guidelines for how he should manage the forms. Last of all - none of us has any "Freedom of Speech" on any private forum anywhere that's run by some company or individual. It's their RIGHT to allow or disallow anything they want. Are people so clueless to miss the point that the forum owner/operators also have rights?

Intimidation, that's bad practice. The right way to handle people who don't follow forum guidelines is give them a vacation and if that doesn't work, ban them. Explain the rules and issue a warning. No intimidation, no reasoning, just the facts.

Facts! We don't need no stinking facts! Mob mentality is the rule of the day here on MSG. 

Just like the IS forum! It's everywhere! 

Quote from: Eyedesign on February 18, 2011, 06:41

Facts! We don't need no stinking facts! Mob mentality is the rule of the day here on MSG. 

it is, and I find it in really poor taste listening to some of you referring to moderators with very personal insults. whether you agree or disagree with their comments, fine. but as per usual many of you are crossing serious lines. show some class.

If you want class, you should stick to the IS forum. Because everyone that posts there is VERY classy, including Lobo!