Author Topic: Istock F5 epic fail (Read 268348 times)

Clivia · « **Reply #775 on:** February 24, 2011, 03:04 »

I feel a bit sick. All those wooyays are hard to stomach before breakfast!

It is incredible to think that they have been putting resources into this that could have been better used to fix the site.
They are not going to sell much if the buyers cannot find anything.

Ariene · « **Reply #776 on:** February 24, 2011, 04:13 »

Exactly, and imagine it's all from yours money, my money, all of us pays for this

I wonder how they still keep the great fame and prestige...
In my list they're getting down total. Feels like wasting my time with them...

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #777 on:** February 24, 2011, 06:22 »

Joke of the week from JJRD:

"We are moving towards a glitch-free world... and we will get there."

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=307512&page=1#reply

Followed by - what? sick joke of the week? - from JJRD:

Posted By JJRD:
The day iStock and or Getty Images disappoint me & my passion for sharing Digital Media, I will be out the door faster than a speeding bullet.

[dcdp says: So what you're saying is that nothing iStock has done in the past 6 months has disappointed you.

I think that tells me everything I need to know about where you stand.]

JJRD replies: You may think what you want.

I know what we are doing, what we are fighting for and where we stand in our global objectives, and I stand behind them."

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=307512&page=4#reply

It seems the Company could never disappoint the Company Man.

sharpshot · « **Reply #778 on:** February 24, 2011, 06:36 »

^^^I like the old saying, "Well he would say that, wouldn't he?"

Ariene · « **Reply #779 on:** February 24, 2011, 06:37 »

Whole iS is one great joke lately...

caspixel · « **Reply #780 on:** February 24, 2011, 10:16 »

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on February 24, 2011, 06:22

Joke of the week from JJRD:

Posted By JJRD:
The day iStock and or Getty Images disappoint me & my passion for sharing Digital Media, I will be out the door faster than a speeding bullet.

[dcdp says: So what you're saying is that nothing iStock has done in the past 6 months has disappointed you.

I think that tells me everything I need to know about where you stand.]

JJRD replies: You may think what you want.

I know what we are doing, what we are fighting for and where we stand in our global objectives, and I stand behind them."

Clearly he's lying. If he agreed with everything, why should there be any need for "fighting"? Why should he have to thank KK for "fighting"? I see he also thanked someone for a "battle" in the Vector Vetta thread.

So again I ask, if iStock has done nothing to "disappoint" why the need for battles?

VB inc · « **Reply #781 on:** February 24, 2011, 11:41 »

Honestly, what else do you expect him to say?? HE WORKS FOR THE COMPANY. I cant believe anyone can be naive enough to trust whatever that comes out from anyones mouth. READ BETWEEN THE LINES. hes thanking KK for fighting... .translation, istock has no real control on what goes on istock and has to obey its master GETTY whos master is HF.
The only guy that did something about it was the one with the kool aid icon. and he took his kool aid icon out. lol

stockastic · « **Reply #782 on:** February 24, 2011, 11:49 »

Quote from: azurelaroux on February 19, 2011, 12:40

... Sent a message to support asking how to fix it but all I got was the auto "Thanks for emailing us".

Wow.

All I can say is, we really, really, really need some new agencies to start getting some traction and making sales.

caspixel · « **Reply #783 on:** February 24, 2011, 13:11 »

Quote from: VB inc on February 24, 2011, 11:41

Honestly, what else do you expect him to say?? HE WORKS FOR THE COMPANY. I cant believe anyone can be naive enough to trust whatever that comes out from anyones mouth. READ BETWEEN THE LINES. hes thanking KK for fighting... .translation, istock has no real control on what goes on istock and has to obey its master GETTY whos master is HF.
The only guy that did something about it was the one with the kool aid icon. and he took his kool aid icon out. lol

Yes, of course he has to tow the company line. But I just find his contradictions interesting. And very telling!

I noticed that about the Kool-Aid icon too. Funny.

jamirae · « **Reply #784 on:** February 24, 2011, 13:17 »

It amazes me that they still say "trust us" after all the crap they have done the past months to totally screw contrubutors. Trust is something that is earned. They have done little to earn trust these days.

Sadstock · « **Reply #785 on:** February 24, 2011, 13:46 »

Quote from: caspixel on February 24, 2011, 10:16

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on February 24, 2011, 06:22
Joke of the week from JJRD:

Posted By JJRD:
The day iStock and or Getty Images disappoint me & my passion for sharing Digital Media, I will be out the door faster than a speeding bullet.

[dcdp says: So what you're saying is that nothing iStock has done in the past 6 months has disappointed you.

I think that tells me everything I need to know about where you stand.]

JJRD replies: You may think what you want.

I know what we are doing, what we are fighting for and where we stand in our global objectives, and I stand behind them."

Clearly he's lying. If he agreed with everything, why should there be any need for "fighting"? Why should he have to thank KK for "fighting"? I see he also thanked someone for a "battle" in the Vector Vetta thread.

So again I ask, if iStock has done nothing to "disappoint" why the need for battles?

Sometimes I think he is self-delusional like he really believes that what he's doing is good for contributors and could make a good argument to himself as to why cutting my commissions by 25% is in my interests.

Listening to him go on about all the meetings he has and how busy he is running his massive team, sounds to me like shortly he will “realize” he wants to spend more time with his family and step down from his role.

cathyslife · « **Reply #786 on:** February 24, 2011, 18:32 »

Quote from: Sadstock on February 24, 2011, 13:46

Sometimes I think he is self-delusional like he really believes that what he's doing is good for contributors and could make a good argument to himself as to why cutting my commissions by 25% is in my interests.

Listening to him go on about all the meetings he has and how busy he is running his massive team, sounds to me like shortly he will “realize” he wants to spend more time with his family and step down from his role.

self-delusional = company man = big $$$ = more time with family = nice big golden parachute

Risamay · « **Reply #787 on:** February 24, 2011, 18:37 »

Quote from: jamirae on February 24, 2011, 13:17

It amazes me that they still say "trust us" after all the crap they have done the past months to totally screw contrubutors. Trust is something that is earned. They have done little to earn trust these days.

It seems they think these new offerings in and of themselves - e.g., Vetta for illustrations and videos - are, should be, or will be enough to earn back trust.

It seems they are as out of touch as ever

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #788 on:** February 25, 2011, 03:05 »

Quote from: caspixel on February 24, 2011, 10:16

Clearly he's lying. If he agreed with everything, why should there be any need for "fighting"? Why should he have to thank KK for "fighting"? I see he also thanked someone for a "battle" in the Vector Vetta thread.

So again I ask, if iStock has done nothing to "disappoint" why the need for battles?

LOL, neat point. Perhaps he always wins the battles, so all in the garden is rosy.

The thing that is so awful is not that he continues as a front man for the organisation but that he repeatedly presents himself as the superhero fighting for the masses, who is always ready to fall on his sword for the common good. It sounds like a kid who hides in a cupboard from the school bully and then comes out and tells the class that the bully wouldn't dare take him on. Is there a technical term for that behaviour?

ShadySue · « **Reply #789 on:** February 25, 2011, 04:27 »

Quote from: caspixel on February 24, 2011, 10:16

Clearly he's lying. If he agreed with everything, why should there be any need for "fighting"? Why should he have to thank KK for "fighting"? I see he also thanked someone for a "battle" in the Vector Vetta thread.
So again I ask, if iStock has done nothing to "disappoint" why the need for battles?

Surely in any business (except one-person - maybe), there will always be 'robust discussion' until some agreement/compromise/solution can be found?

traveler1116 · « **Reply #790 on:** February 25, 2011, 06:27 »

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=307802&page=1
Looks like another problem, IS introduces Vetta for video which results in an actual paycut for diamond contributors at 720p.

lisafx · « **Reply #791 on:** February 25, 2011, 09:45 »

Quote from: traveler1116 on February 25, 2011, 06:27

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=307802&page=1
Looks like another problem, IS introduces Vetta for video which results in an actual paycut for diamond contributors at 720p.

This comment by Forrest seems to sum it up nicely:

I like the idea of Vetta Videos, but iStock once again shows that they are greedy, rat *insult removed*, so I'm leaning toward opting out.

caspixel · « **Reply #792 on:** February 25, 2011, 10:22 »

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on February 25, 2011, 03:05

LOL, neat point. Perhaps he always wins the battles, so all in the garden is rosy.

The thing that is so awful is not that he continues as a front man for the organisation but that he repeatedly presents himself as the superhero fighting for the masses, who is always ready to fall on his sword for the common good. It sounds like a kid who hides in a cupboard from the school bully and then comes out and tells the class that the bully wouldn't dare take him on. Is there a technical term for that behaviour?

Haha! That's a great description! He sure does fancy himself as some kind of caped crusader, doesn't he? It might be fun to go through the cast of characters and assign them roles based on their behavior and how they seem to perceive themselves.

Lobo = Traffic Cop
JJRD = Caped Crusader
rogermexico = Dudley Do-right

LOL

Risamay · « **Reply #793 on:** February 25, 2011, 13:21 »

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on February 24, 2011, 06:22

Joke of the week from JJRD:

"We are moving towards a glitch-free world... and we will get there."

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=307512&page=1#reply

Followed by - what? sick joke of the week? - from JJRD:

Posted By JJRD:
The day iStock and or Getty Images disappoint me & my passion for sharing Digital Media, I will be out the door faster than a speeding bullet.

[dcdp says: So what you're saying is that nothing iStock has done in the past 6 months has disappointed you.

I think that tells me everything I need to know about where you stand.]

JJRD replies: You may think what you want.

I know what we are doing, what we are fighting for and where we stand in our global objectives, and I stand behind them."

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=307512&page=4#reply

It seems the Company could never disappoint the Company Man.

Ha. Somehow I missed this post yesterday. Ha. HAHAHA

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #794 on:** February 25, 2011, 13:44 »

Quote from: caspixel on February 25, 2011, 10:22

Haha! That's a great description! He sure does fancy himself as some kind of caped crusader, doesn't he? It might be fun to go through the cast of characters and assign them roles based on their behavior and how they seem to perceive themselves.

Lobo = Traffic Cop
JJRD = Caped Crusader
rogermexico = Dudley Do-right

LOL

KK = Forrest Gump?

caspixel · « **Reply #795 on:** February 25, 2011, 14:08 »

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on February 25, 2011, 13:44

Quote from: caspixel on February 25, 2011, 10:22

Haha! That's a great description! He sure does fancy himself as some kind of caped crusader, doesn't he? It might be fun to go through the cast of characters and assign them roles based on their behavior and how they seem to perceive themselves.

Lobo = Traffic Cop
JJRD = Caped Crusader
rogermexico = Dudley Do-right

LOL

KK = Forrest Gump?

gostwyck · « **Reply #796 on:** March 02, 2011, 17:27 »

Update from Roger M. on the state of the search. It really doesn't sound as if significant gains are expected to be made any time soon;

"The work on search has been focused on two big projects. There hasn't been a lot of news lately while we chew through those tasks but we are getting closer here so I'll let everybody know where we are.

First of all is parsing multiple term searches - how and when we make phrases, how we incorporate boolean operators, etc.

Second is an optimization of the search engine itself and how the back end and front end interact. This is mainly looking at performance - speed and all of that.

They've made a lot of progress in both areas and we're getting closer. I don't have a time frame right now for release dates, or we'll see these projects released together.

Once we've these two pieces of work are completed, we'll be able to add to the filter functionality. We'll see the color and copyspace and other search filters come back in at that point.

Independent of this, there is also another team doing a CSS overhaul for search. We will see some successive weeks with minor tweaks to the front end layout of the facets. That isn't directly functionality related, but it will include things like mouseover time on that info tooltip and things like that."

cathyslife · « **Reply #797 on:** March 02, 2011, 18:26 »

Quote from: gostwyck on March 02, 2011, 17:27

Update from Roger M. on the state of the search. It really doesn't sound as if significant gains are expected to be made any time soon;

"The work on search has been focused on two big projects. There hasn't been a lot of news lately while we chew through those tasks but we are getting closer here so I'll let everybody know where we are.

First of all is parsing multiple term searches - how and when we make phrases, how we incorporate boolean operators, etc.

Second is an optimization of the search engine itself and how the back end and front end interact. This is mainly looking at performance - speed and all of that.

They've made a lot of progress in both areas and we're getting closer. I don't have a time frame right now for release dates, or we'll see these projects released together.

Once we've these two pieces of work are completed, we'll be able to add to the filter functionality. We'll see the color and copyspace and other search filters come back in at that point.

Independent of this, there is also another team doing a CSS overhaul for search. We will see some successive weeks with minor tweaks to the front end layout of the facets. That isn't directly functionality related, but it will include things like mouseover time on that info tooltip and things like that."

Oh boy. Prepare for another round of f*ckups.

jamirae · « **Reply #798 on:** March 02, 2011, 18:32 »

Quote from: cclapper on March 02, 2011, 18:26

Quote from: gostwyck on March 02, 2011, 17:27
Update from Roger M. on the state of the search. It really doesn't sound as if significant gains are expected to be made any time soon;

"The work on search has been focused on two big projects. There hasn't been a lot of news lately while we chew through those tasks but we are getting closer here so I'll let everybody know where we are.

First of all is parsing multiple term searches - how and when we make phrases, how we incorporate boolean operators, etc.

Second is an optimization of the search engine itself and how the back end and front end interact. This is mainly looking at performance - speed and all of that.

They've made a lot of progress in both areas and we're getting closer. I don't have a time frame right now for release dates, or we'll see these projects released together.

Once we've these two pieces of work are completed, we'll be able to add to the filter functionality. We'll see the color and copyspace and other search filters come back in at that point.

Independent of this, there is also another team doing a CSS overhaul for search. We will see some successive weeks with minor tweaks to the front end layout of the facets. That isn't directly functionality related, but it will include things like mouseover time on that info tooltip and things like that."

Oh boy. Prepare for another round of f*ckups.

*heavy sigh*

tundraphoto · « **Reply #799 on:** March 02, 2011, 22:25 »

Has anyone seen the new My Uploads page format? You have GOT to be kidding me!! We have a single column that has images with text interspersed. Apparently nobody at IS has ever used Excel or any other table software.

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Author Topic: Istock F5 epic fail (Read 268348 times)

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