Author Topic: Istock F5 epic fail (Read 268419 times)

caspixel · « **Reply #175 on:** December 20, 2010, 22:34 »

Quote from: ShadySue on December 20, 2010, 21:15

Yeah, well, ya know ...
Just about constantly since I joined they've had a vacancy for a QA specialist "can you break our software?". So I guess in four years, they've never found anyone who can.
Strange, since everyone else seems perfectly able to do it without even trying, even without all the qualifications on the list. Indeed, without even one of the fifteen 'required qualifications'.
Hmmmm.

Too funny.

caspixel · « **Reply #176 on:** December 20, 2010, 22:35 »

Does anyone else think the Lobo pie flirt is getting old?

jamirae · « **Reply #177 on:** December 20, 2010, 22:38 »

Quote from: caspixel on December 20, 2010, 22:35

Does anyone else think the Lobo pie flirt is getting old?

me. totally.

the good news is that my port on SS is beginning to take off and I still dont have all my stuff on there.

gostwyck · « **Reply #178 on:** December 20, 2010, 22:53 »

Quote from: caspixel on December 20, 2010, 22:35

Does anyone else think the Lobo pie flirt is getting old?

'Course not __ it's absolutely hilarious everytime (daily) that some simple schmuck (with no powers of original thought) brings it up. It's nearly as funny as all the (daily) references from the same pea-brained f*ck-wits to inspectors being paid in fish heads __ if that is possible! They are soooooooo funny.

Pheby · « **Reply #179 on:** December 20, 2010, 23:03 »

Quote from: caspixel on December 20, 2010, 22:35

Does anyone else think the Lobo pie flirt is getting old?

Oh my days! If I was them, I'd have bored myself out of my own head a long time ago. That kind of constant pseudo-teasing boot-licking is so annoying!

Blufish · « **Reply #180 on:** December 20, 2010, 23:16 »

Quote from: gostwyck on December 20, 2010, 22:53

Quote from: caspixel on December 20, 2010, 22:35
Does anyone else think the Lobo pie flirt is getting old?

'Course not __ it's absolutely hilarious everytime (daily) that some simple schmuck (with no powers of original thought) brings it up. It's nearly as funny as all the (daily) references from the same pea-brained f*ck-wits to inspectors being paid in fish heads __ if that is possible! They are soooooooo funny.

Artemis · « **Reply #181 on:** December 20, 2010, 23:24 »

Imho worse than the old pie-bootlicking are the 'Lobo's little helpers' who start to count down when someone posts something that's likely to be locked.
Eurghhh, annoys the sh*t out of me every time!

The search is broken and i think its more nefast than raising prices to scare customers away. (does anyone actually still believe they will implement the ability to filter out Vetta and agency? Im firmly convinced they DONT WANT TO and wont, otherwise it would have happened with this search update, c'mon, its not that difficult, the goodwill just isnt there.)
In my perfect world there'd be a migration to DT

caspixel · « **Reply #182 on:** December 21, 2010, 00:21 »

Quote from: Artemis on December 20, 2010, 23:24

In my perfect world there'd be a migration to DT

I'm already there.

suemack · « **Reply #183 on:** December 21, 2010, 01:04 »

Me too Cas

Artemis · « **Reply #184 on:** December 21, 2010, 03:15 »

Quote from: caspixel on December 21, 2010, 00:21

Quote from: Artemis on December 20, 2010, 23:24

In my perfect world there'd be a migration to DT

I'm already there.

Are you a buyer are you a buyer?! If not you should stay where you were you competition you!

Seriously tho, im seeing a big upswing in sales there since a month or so, but my portfolio is tiny and non-represental...add the wishful thinking factor and buyers are migrating in masses there!

cathyslife · « **Reply #185 on:** December 21, 2010, 07:24 »

Quote from: jamirae on December 20, 2010, 22:38

Quote from: caspixel on December 20, 2010, 22:35
Does anyone else think the Lobo pie flirt is getting old?

me. totally.

the good news is that my port on SS is beginning to take off and I still dont have all my stuff on there.

That is good news, jamirae. Well, good news for you, not for me!

I have also seen an upswing at DT, and really all of the other sites. I actually even got a second DL at stockfresh! I'm not talking a huge leap...but I am hopeful that when the holidays have passed that will translate into a substantial increase.

caspixel · « **Reply #186 on:** December 21, 2010, 09:48 »

Quote from: Artemis on December 21, 2010, 03:15

Are you a buyer are you a buyer?! If not you should stay where you were you competition you!

Don't worry. I am, and have only ever been, a buyer.

jamirae · « **Reply #187 on:** December 21, 2010, 10:30 »

Quote from: suemack on December 21, 2010, 01:04

Me too Cas

me three.

yeah, I'm still waiting for my first sale at StockFresh, but for just having a small portion online at the other big 4, my sales have been doing well.

back on topic... I, too, believe that the Agency and Vetta filter thing is at the very bottom of the "to be fixed" list and doubt that it will ever happen. In the meantime more and more buyers get pissed and leave. As a buyer I wouldn't put up with that crap either and wouldn't even waste my time bitching about it in the forum. I'd just voice my opinion with my wallet - close it and leave the place. I'm still trying to figure out how it happened so quickly that iStock to tumbled down this road so hard and so fast.

caspixel · « **Reply #188 on:** December 21, 2010, 10:59 »

Quote from: jamirae on December 21, 2010, 10:30

I'm still trying to figure out how it happened so quickly that iStock to tumbled down this road so hard and so fast.

Greed has a way of doing that.

cathyslife · « **Reply #189 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:14 »

Quote from: jamirae on December 21, 2010, 10:30

I'm still trying to figure out how it happened so quickly that iStock to tumbled down this road so hard and so fast.

I felt the same way about the economy and the housing market. One day, people were employed and enjoying their homes and family. Seems like the next day, BOOM, people are losing their jobs and their houses. I think it does have to do with greed and that it has been happening for awhile, but money got shifted around to cover the shortfalls and then one day, , guess what, there's no more money to be found to cover the shortfalls and then the company management starts raiding the worker bees.

lisafx · « **Reply #190 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:31 »

Quote from: jamirae on December 20, 2010, 22:38

the good news is that my port on SS is beginning to take off and I still dont have all my stuff on there.

This is great news! Happy your non-exclusivity is working out so well for you

Quote from: cclapper on December 21, 2010, 11:14

Quote from: jamirae on December 21, 2010, 10:30
I'm still trying to figure out how it happened so quickly that iStock to tumbled down this road so hard and so fast.

I felt the same way about the economy and the housing market. One day, people were employed and enjoying their homes and family. Seems like the next day, BOOM, people are losing their jobs and their houses. I think it does have to do with greed and that it has been happening for awhile, but money got shifted around to cover the shortfalls and then one day, , guess what, there's no more money to be found to cover the shortfalls and then the company management starts raiding the worker bees.

^^ Absolutely! It has been shocking to watch our economy implode the way it has. And it's doubly stressful to watch it happening in microcosm at Istock. It seems like bomb Kelly Thompson dropped in September has just continued to grow and destroy like some sort of mushroom cloud!

pancaketom · « **Reply #191 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:37 »

I was actually surprised the housing bubble bubbled as long as it did (and I was surprised how much it took down with it when it went). Now that was unsustainable. It also is amazing how most of the people who pushed for and benefited the most from the mess came out of it ahead.

It does make you wonder what kind of nonsense they were expecting behind the scenes at IS and what what going on to make it look like it was possible before they had to actually make changes to try to prop up the numbers.

Too bad we are the collateral damage.

lisafx · « **Reply #192 on:** December 21, 2010, 12:04 »

from srjmarketing:

Wow. This site is an utter mess. Time for me to move on to a new stock site. Too many problems with iStock this past year and I only foresee worse problems for 2011. Good luck guys. I'm moving on and not waiting around for you to fix your "issues".

Just curious - are the search functions at Getty Images, and at Thinkstock still working? Maybe that should tell us something...

jamirae · « **Reply #193 on:** December 21, 2010, 12:33 »

Quote from: lisafx on December 21, 2010, 11:31

Quote from: jamirae on December 20, 2010, 22:38

the good news is that my port on SS is beginning to take off and I still dont have all my stuff on there.

This is great news! Happy your non-exclusivity is working out so well for you

thanks, me too!

Quote from: lisafx on December 21, 2010, 11:31

Quote from: cclapper on December 21, 2010, 11:14
Quote from: jamirae on December 21, 2010, 10:30
I'm still trying to figure out how it happened so quickly that iStock to tumbled down this road so hard and so fast.

I felt the same way about the economy and the housing market. One day, people were employed and enjoying their homes and family. Seems like the next day, BOOM, people are losing their jobs and their houses. I think it does have to do with greed and that it has been happening for awhile, but money got shifted around to cover the shortfalls and then one day, , guess what, there's no more money to be found to cover the shortfalls and then the company management starts raiding the worker bees.

^^ Absolutely! It has been shocking to watch our economy implode the way it has. And it's doubly stressful to watch it happening in microcosm at Istock. It seems like bomb Kelly Thompson dropped in September has just continued to grow and destroy like some sort of mushroom cloud!

yep. totally agree.

jamirae · « **Reply #194 on:** December 21, 2010, 12:35 »

Quote from: lisafx on December 21, 2010, 12:04

from srjmarketing:

Wow. This site is an utter mess. Time for me to move on to a new stock site. Too many problems with iStock this past year and I only foresee worse problems for 2011. Good luck guys. I'm moving on and not waiting around for you to fix your "issues".

Just curious - are the search functions at Getty Images, and at Thinkstock still working? Maybe that should tell us something...

good point. but aren't they all separately programmed? As in they have their own groups of programmers working on their website or is the search engine something different?

lisafx · « **Reply #195 on:** December 21, 2010, 14:56 »

Quote from: jamirae on December 21, 2010, 12:35

Quote from: lisafx on December 21, 2010, 12:04

Just curious - are the search functions at Getty Images, and at Thinkstock still working? Maybe that should tell us something...

good point. but aren't they all separately programmed? As in they have their own groups of programmers working on their website or is the search engine something different?

Yeah, you're right Jami. I am sure they have separate programmers. I just find it a bit hard to believe that they can't seem to get Istock running as well as the other sites in the "Getty Family", and it makes me wonder if this could be part of an effort to drive traffic to their higher, and lower end sites, rather than mid-range Istock.

Probably just conspiracy oriented rambling on my part. But the difficulties they have having with their search engine seem to defy rationality, IMO.

jamirae · « **Reply #196 on:** December 21, 2010, 15:16 »

Quote from: lisafx on December 21, 2010, 14:56

Quote from: jamirae on December 21, 2010, 12:35
Quote from: lisafx on December 21, 2010, 12:04

Just curious - are the search functions at Getty Images, and at Thinkstock still working? Maybe that should tell us something...

good point. but aren't they all separately programmed? As in they have their own groups of programmers working on their website or is the search engine something different?

Yeah, you're right Jami. I am sure they have separate programmers. I just find it a bit hard to believe that they can't seem to get Istock running as well as the other sites in the "Getty Family", and it makes me wonder if this could be part of an effort to drive traffic to their higher, and lower end sites, rather than mid-range Istock.

Probably just conspiracy oriented rambling on my part. But the difficulties they have having with their search engine seem to defy rationality, IMO.

"defy rationality" seems to be the MO these days at iStock.

anyhow.. I understand you're thinking but I would think that would contradict all the steps they've been actively taking to move Getty content onto iStock. such as the ingestion of the Agency stuff, the instant exclusivity status for those new Agency artists and the dropping of the separate Getty upload program/process for iStock artists.

I don't think the search thing is a purposeful fail, I think they just executed it really, really poorly and are now paying a huge price that they certainly will never admit to.

lisafx · « **Reply #197 on:** December 21, 2010, 15:25 »

Quote from: jamirae on December 21, 2010, 15:16

I don't think the search thing is a purposeful fail, I think they just executed it really, really poorly and are now paying a huge price that they certainly will never admit to.

I see your point. Brings to mind the quote by Napoleon: "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence"

OTOH, I think I like Heinlein's take on it: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice."

jamirae · « **Reply #198 on:** December 21, 2010, 15:34 »

Quote from: lisafx on December 21, 2010, 15:25

Quote from: jamirae on December 21, 2010, 15:16

I don't think the search thing is a purposeful fail, I think they just executed it really, really poorly and are now paying a huge price that they certainly will never admit to.

I see your point. Brings to mind the quote by Napoleon: "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence"

OTOH, I think I like Heinlein's take on it: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice."

ha! hadn't heard the Heinlein version, love it! I think you are right on there!

caspixel · « **Reply #199 on:** December 21, 2010, 19:05 »

The logo program is still MIA. Still no official launch date. Not even a "soon". Not even an indication that it might be launched in 2011. I wonder how many submissions they are still getting. Is anyone even applying to the program anymore?

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=234232&page=1

I think there aren't going to be anymore customers left by the time they get the thing launched at the rate they are going.

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