Author Topic: Istock F5 epic fail (Read 268079 times)

cathyslife · « **Reply #500 on:** January 19, 2011, 13:14 »

Quote from: jsnover on January 19, 2011, 13:09

Quote from: rubyroo on January 19, 2011, 12:35
"cruft" ? What does that mean?

(I thought that was a single dog show..)

Here's the definition.

And when referring to IS, all of those definitions apply.

ShadySue · « **Reply #501 on:** January 19, 2011, 13:17 »

Quote from: jsnover on January 19, 2011, 13:09

Quote from: rubyroo on January 19, 2011, 12:35
"cruft" ? What does that mean?

(I thought that was a single dog show..)

Here's the definition.

Oooooh.
Something else I didn't know. $:-\$

rubyroo · « **Reply #502 on:** January 19, 2011, 13:28 »

Aha! Thank you JS. Great algorithm

@ Cathy

@ Sue... no shame in not knowing something you've never seen before. Anyway.. we know now

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #503 on:** January 19, 2011, 13:32 »

My 2-day istock sales slump has been accompanied by a 2-day on-demand download surge at Shutterstock and a bit of a recovery at DT and 123. All a coincidence? Maybe.

gostwyck · « **Reply #504 on:** January 19, 2011, 13:48 »

Whoops __ looks like things might be getting even worse for exclusives unfortunate enough to be in the PP. This has just been posted on the IS forum;

"Maybe it´s been announced and I´ve missed it. The PP payout for december just started and I got .25c per file. I used to receive .32c

Is this a glitch or the royalties have changed?"

Maybe they've 're-aligned' PP royalties to reflect the amount paid under the RC system? If it turns out to be a glitch then what a surprising cooincidence that it happens to be in Getty's favour! Again.

It just never stops does it?

ShadySue · « **Reply #505 on:** January 19, 2011, 14:31 »

Quote from: gostwyck on January 19, 2011, 13:48

Whoops __ looks like things might be getting even worse for exclusives unfortunate enough to be in the PP. This has just been posted on the IS forum;

"Maybe it´s been announced and I´ve missed it. The PP payout for december just started and I got .25c per file. I used to receive .32c

Is this a glitch or the royalties have changed?"

Maybe they've 're-aligned' PP royalties to reflect the amount paid under the RC system? If it turns out to be a glitch then what a surprising cooincidence that it happens to be in Getty's favour! Again.

It just never stops does it?

I thought PP sales didn't count towards RCs?

gostwyck · « **Reply #506 on:** January 19, 2011, 14:40 »

Quote from: ShadySue on January 19, 2011, 14:31

I thought PP sales didn't count towards RCs?

That's true but I guess they could now be paying PP royalties according to the 'royalty level' of the individual contributor rather than the 'canister level' as in the past. Could they really have been sneaky enough to slip that in __ and also stupid enough to think that no-one would notice? Surely not.

lisafx · « **Reply #507 on:** January 19, 2011, 14:56 »

Quote from: gostwyck on January 19, 2011, 14:40

Quote from: ShadySue on January 19, 2011, 14:31
I thought PP sales didn't count towards RCs?

That's true but I guess they could now be paying PP royalties according to the 'royalty level' of the individual contributor rather than the 'canister level' as in the past. Could they really have been sneaky enough to slip that in __ and also stupid enough to think that no-one would notice? Surely not.

Wow! That would certainly be another very large can of worms...!!

gostwyck · « **Reply #508 on:** January 19, 2011, 15:04 »

Quote from: lisafx on January 19, 2011, 14:56

Wow! That would certainly be another very large can of worms...!!

I know! I'm sitting here with a ~~great big cheesy grin~~ very serious expression on my face.

ShadySue · « **Reply #509 on:** January 19, 2011, 15:11 »

RM has hit his "we're looking into it" button.

caspixel · « **Reply #510 on:** January 19, 2011, 15:23 »

Quote from: gostwyck on January 19, 2011, 11:53

Quote from: caspixel on January 19, 2011, 10:17
I think we have now moved into the realm of SPECTACULAR epic fail.

No wait __ everything is going to be OK after all. RM says they've just fixed all the old problems with some new kit;

"Last night we went live with a massive overhaul of our backend infrastructure. This is a project that we've been working on for close to a year.

Our old system had a large number of individual machines that were linked together with a really complicated set of code- some of which dates back to the early days of the site.

What we have now is a new set of more robust, modern machines, and a new up-to-date code base connecting everything.

What this will all do is
- give us a huge upgrade in our extensibility and scalability. It is now much, much easier for us to add new storage, new information, and new code.
- improve who all the different parts of the system work with each other.
- cut out a lot of the old 'cruft' in the code base."

Phew __ big relief!

They sure do have a weird definition of "fix". Or have all the site problems disappeared in the last four hours since I was away from the computer?

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #511 on:** January 19, 2011, 15:38 »

Quote from: lisafx on January 19, 2011, 14:56

Quote from: gostwyck on January 19, 2011, 14:40
Quote from: ShadySue on January 19, 2011, 14:31
I thought PP sales didn't count towards RCs?

That's true but I guess they could now be paying PP royalties according to the 'royalty level' of the individual contributor rather than the 'canister level' as in the past. Could they really have been sneaky enough to slip that in __ and also stupid enough to think that no-one would notice? Surely not.

Wow! That would certainly be another very large can of worms...!!

They're not, it's just another cock-up. I've had two for 25c each, unaffected by the 15% drop in my earnings level. So I guess that they've forgotten to tell the revamped system that PP are on a different rate for exclusives. They did the reverse at the start of the PP programme and for the first month, a year ago, paid non-exclusives the exclusive rate. They let us keep the odd extra pennies, too, strangely.

Chico · « **Reply #512 on:** January 19, 2011, 16:42 »

No payoneer payments today... Cut my royalties and don't pay me. Well done, Istock.

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=294092&page=1

cathyslife · « **Reply #513 on:** January 19, 2011, 17:32 »

Well, I just went over to IS to delete 10 more of my images. The first attempt, I get one of those drop down boxes that says XHR Error Code 503 Service Unavailable. Clear browser cache, reload page and try again. So I did that. I managed to get one photo deactivated. On the second try, I was redirected to a full page, cutesy cartoony Woops! page, saying the same thing. And subsequent tries, same thing. So I went over to the forum, looking for the thread I posted in a few days ago about Deactivating being messed up, and guess what...can't even get to the forum! The same Woops! page comes up!

OMG, what is these people's problem? Every freakin day, the mess compounds itself.

Chico · « **Reply #514 on:** January 19, 2011, 17:37 »

Yep. 503 error. About 30 min now.

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #515 on:** January 19, 2011, 17:46 »

I thought "epic fail" was a touch over-dramatic when this thread was launched but iStock has gone out of its way every week since then to add veracity to the description.

I suppose it is time we gave buyers yet another discount to compensate them for our lost sales today. At least I will only be donating 17% of the discount, not 20% the way I used to.

RacePhoto · « **Reply #516 on:** January 19, 2011, 17:54 »

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on January 19, 2011, 17:46

I thought "epic fail" was a touch over-dramatic when this thread was launched but iStock has gone out of its way every week since then to add veracity to the description.

Perfect analysis and observation of the situation.

+1

cathyslife · « **Reply #517 on:** January 19, 2011, 18:47 »

Looks like the 503 errors are gone, but now no confirmation email is being sent after deactivation of an image.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #518 on:** January 19, 2011, 18:55 »

And Payoneer payments are delayed this week, possibly until Friday.

traveler1116 · « **Reply #519 on:** January 19, 2011, 23:12 »

Anyone else having newly approved uploads saying they are unavailable and contact support?

RacePhoto · « **Reply #520 on:** January 20, 2011, 00:34 »

Quote from: jsnover on January 19, 2011, 13:09

Quote from: rubyroo on January 19, 2011, 12:35
"cruft" ? What does that mean?

(I thought that was a single dog show..)

Here's the definition.

Darn I liked your link better, but here's another one:

Cruft is a collective term for the elements of a program, system or product that are either useless, poorly designed or both. In computing, cruft describes areas of redundant, improper or simply badly written code, as well as old or inferior hardware and electronics.

ps That stuff under the bed was known as "Dust Bunnies" before we had digital sensors with spots.

asiseeit · « **Reply #521 on:** January 20, 2011, 00:34 »

Quote from: traveler1116 on January 19, 2011, 23:12

Anyone else having newly approved uploads saying they are unavailable and contact support?

I do, it started happening today. I was going to wait until the morning and contact them in if it continues.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #522 on:** January 20, 2011, 01:13 »

It's been reported and noted in the help thread here.

a1bercik · « **Reply #523 on:** January 20, 2011, 04:33 »

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=294302&page=1

Another bug on the Main Page...
"Check out this week's free:" link to the wrong location...

I guess they will delete that post in seconds...

Pav

Chico · « **Reply #524 on:** January 20, 2011, 06:34 »

Right now, site slooooooooooooow........

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Author Topic: Istock F5 epic fail (Read 268079 times)

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