Author Topic: Is it not just a tad ironic.... (Read 19088 times)

Cogent Marketing · « **on:** August 25, 2011, 13:51 »

... that iStockphoto seem to be having great difficulty in sending out emails to all contributors regarding the current survey but they appeared to get emails out double quick time to all contributors a few months back when they wanted to notify us they were taking back their royalty earnings as a result of illegal downloads.

Their email system seemed to work perfectly well then.

I received that aforementioned email and had dollars taken out my account then but this time? no survey received to the exact same email address.

Amazing that.

adamkaz · « **Reply #1 on:** August 25, 2011, 14:00 »

what's the point here?

ShadySue · « **Reply #2 on:** August 25, 2011, 14:23 »

'Selective Inefficiency"?

cathyslife · « **Reply #3 on:** August 25, 2011, 14:25 »

Quote from: ShadySue on August 25, 2011, 14:23

'Selective Inefficiency"?

Yep.

disorderly · « **Reply #4 on:** August 25, 2011, 14:30 »

You assume that everybody who had sales reversed got the email before they saw their balances attacked. It's always risky to assume competence in anything iStock does.

nruboc · « **Reply #5 on:** August 25, 2011, 14:31 »

Never attribute to malice what can easily be explained by stupidity.

melastmohican · « **Reply #6 on:** August 25, 2011, 14:36 »

Isn't this typical? If you owe money to some institution you have to pay them immediately but when they owe you money they have n business days to process this transaction :-)

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #7 on:** August 25, 2011, 14:38 »

It's like rain ... on your wedding day.

lisafx · « **Reply #8 on:** August 25, 2011, 15:20 »

Quote from: sjlocke on August 25, 2011, 14:38

It's like rain ... on your wedding day.

Or a free ride... when you're already there

lthn · « **Reply #9 on:** August 25, 2011, 15:26 »

It's a tad repulsive

cthoman · « **Reply #10 on:** August 25, 2011, 15:32 »

Quote from: sjlocke on August 25, 2011, 14:38

It's like rain ... on your wedding day.

Or writing a break-up album... about Dave Coulier.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #11 on:** August 25, 2011, 16:13 »

It'd be like seeing a company that can barely keep their main site up and running, and which felt the need to reduce contributor payments to make themselves more "sustainable", start a new site called Feast (seemingly to do the community stuff they just destroyed at iStock).

To be fair, I did get my survey e-mail right at the beginning (although never a reply to my last support ticket which was just "disappeared" with no reply), but getting the contact sheet with this perky copy about this wonderful new site they're starting set back my attempts to avoid ranting about iStock and how angry I still am...

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #12 on:** August 25, 2011, 16:53 »

It is a weird initiative, eh? I assume it's an attempt to draw designers/buyers back to the brand.

caspixel · « **Reply #13 on:** August 25, 2011, 17:33 »

Quote from: sjlocke on August 25, 2011, 16:53

an attempt to draw designers/buyers back to the brand.

I hate the whole "we're hip and cool" phoniness. Thanks, but no thanks.

Incidentally, also ironic, their "Create a better world" theme BS.

nruboc · « **Reply #14 on:** August 25, 2011, 18:16 »

Is it Feast or Famine?

Batman · « **Reply #15 on:** August 25, 2011, 19:59 »

Quote from: nruboc on August 25, 2011, 18:16

Is it Feast or Famine?

Feast like the cockroach that ate Cincinatti. That's what kind of creepy insects they are.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #16 on:** August 25, 2011, 20:10 »

Quote from: caspixel on August 25, 2011, 17:33

Quote from: sjlocke on August 25, 2011, 16:53
an attempt to draw designers/buyers back to the brand.

I hate the whole "we're hip and cool" phoniness. Thanks, but no thanks.

Incidentally, also ironic, their "Create a better world" theme BS.

It is a bit overtly hip.

cobalt · « **Reply #17 on:** August 25, 2011, 23:55 »

Sounds like an overhip version of what istock was. Very strange.

Who is the target group? Students? Very young designers in their teens or early twenties?

I didn´t get an email for feast, but maybe this is a US thing.

ETA: just read about the mentorship programm, so it´s apparently aimed at students (17-22)

caspixel · « **Reply #18 on:** August 26, 2011, 00:26 »

Quote from: cobalt on August 25, 2011, 23:55

Sounds like an overhip version of what istock was. Very strange.

It's an old perverted greedy man (Getty) trying to masquerade as a hipster youth. LOL

Feels creepy.

cobalt · « **Reply #19 on:** August 26, 2011, 00:40 »

Well maybe it works for the target group. I suppose kids communicate differently and so feast is probably perfect for them.

I just wonder, because the average age in the stock world seems to be over thirty. Or the endless 29.

sharpshot · « **Reply #20 on:** August 26, 2011, 03:04 »

I thought they deliberately staggered the survey? I received mine a long time after people mentioned it here but of all the things istock get wrong, this isn't one I'm bothered about.

cathyslife · « **Reply #21 on:** August 26, 2011, 06:53 »

I like this at the end of the Feast promo:

Quote

And we hope to bring you some kick-ass offline events in the future because sometimes it's nice to hang out with people in real life, away from the internets.

There always seems to be enough money for kick-ass events and istockalypses.

etienjones · « **Reply #22 on:** August 26, 2011, 07:22 »

Quote from: cclapper on August 26, 2011, 06:53

I like this at the end of the Feast promo:

Quote
And we hope to bring you some kick-ass offline events in the future because sometimes it's nice to hang out with people in real life, away from the internets.

There always seems to be enough money for kick-ass events and istockalypses.

WOW, they have taken up Bush-speak

NancyCWalker · « **Reply #23 on:** August 26, 2011, 09:55 »

It reminds me of Dreamstime's Assignment. Each month they ask for images with a certain theme.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #24 on:** September 07, 2011, 14:10 »

And while they are struggling to fix what they broke over a week ago with search preferences getting reset, adult content filter, copyright text, etc., etc. they decide to say that Feast is launched.

If it weren't so ridiculous it'd be funny.

I made a somewhat snarky post hinting at my point that I think they should have all software hands on deck fixing the site via which we sell stuff not playing around with a new "initiative". May not hang around as Lobo had already warned people to stay on topic and keep it "light".

Bread and circuses - distract us with trivia so we won't pay attention to the other more serious stuff that affects our earnings.

I thought I might try a post suggesting we should be able to nominate people for the Protégé slot. My nomination would be EdStock

But I'd probably be banned and I want to keep posting about all the bugs in the Help forum...

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Author Topic: Is it not just a tad ironic.... (Read 19088 times)

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