Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on July 16, 2011, 19:10

Quote from: SNP on July 16, 2011, 19:05

^ I think that is a valid observation and probably happens quite a bit.

If so, it is a sad reflection on the herd behaviour of photographers.

I don't think people always remember they're photographers in the iStock forums or any forums for that matter. forums thrive on reactive behaviour, so I think Sue's point is a good one. I hadn't thought of it myself, but now that it's been pointed out I can see some contributors not posting for fear of how it would affect their image. I think you might be underestimating how many contributors are intimidated by the forums.

I've heard exactly that said by people in my CN in the past.
Also, here and there, there have been instances where someone posting e.g. with lower sales than is the general forum thread being jumped on by others, e.g., "You need more people pics", "you're not shooting what the buyers want", "you need to upload more", and if someone posts with better than average trends, certain people jump on them with comments like: "You're exclusive/not exclusive", "You're high cannister/low cannister" etc.
Which is bound to discourage others from posting.

I accept that Alexa etc are showing a worrying downwards trend.

Still no word as to why contributors did not see any PP payments this weekend.

Quote from: shank_ali on July 18, 2011, 10:12

Still no word as to why contributors did not see any PP payments this weekend.

It's another c0ck-up, what more is there to say?

Isn't it funny how they never cock-up when they're getting money out of us, i.e. clawback, %age reductions etc.

Quote from: sharpshot on July 11, 2011, 02:01

Thinkstock the internets premier subs site?  That would be about as good for us as Sarah Palin becoming the next president

don't even say that!  you're scaring the children!

And scaring the adults too. The ThinkStock part, good thing I wasn't sipping my soda or I'd be cleaning the monitor. "Gold discovered in junk yard?"

Second weekend in a row that we should get payed and won't, nothing is showing up and the stats should start showing up yesterday. Looks like Adam is in way over his head, even more incompetent than the rest of them. Last week he mistaken PP for V/A payouts, I wonder what's his excuse going to be on Monday if he'll even bother coming out with one.

When I'm reading staff's posts in the latest PP thread (mostly Lobo's) I wonder if they're anything more than mindless automatons. They're doing exactly what their job is and no, there's no way for them to deviate from their tasks and let the right ppl that don't read this threads know something's gone wrong. Again. For the second time in a row, meaning ppl will have to wait for at least 2 weeks to more than promised. All Lobo's post:

1. The people you are trying to get your point across to don't frequent these threads.

2. Pink is a moderator. Rants on how the system works don't belong in this thread. We all have our roles here. Mine is to remind people of how quickly sales threads digress. Thanks for providing me with another opportunity to do my job.

No apology for messing it up again. No! Like always, he is warning ppl instead, making sure no one asks any questions. Insted of fixing the problem there's repressive action as usually. This is getting so pathetic and just unbelievable. I won't ask what Lobo is still doing there and how he gets away with such rude and contraproductive behaviour, he's obviously backed by the ppl in charge.

3. What we are going to do going forward is have an Admin or Moderator start the monthly PP thread as soon as we are 100% payments have gone through. We will also make a change to the PP FAQs so that if anyone decides to preemptively open a thread before the official thread is opened we can send them a site mail to remind them of this new policy. The preemptive threads wont be locked they will be deleted.

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No apology for messing it up again. No! Like always, he is warning ppl instead, making sure no one asks any questions. Insted of fixing the problem there's repressive action as usually. This is getting so pathetic and just unbelievable. I won't ask what Lobo is still doing there and how he gets away with such rude and contraproductive behaviour, he's obviously backed by the ppl in charge.

No, it's been pathetic and unbelievable for almost a year now, but ppl insist on taking the abuse. As long as that happens, they are going to continue to abuse.

So the new policy is: you can't ask when the payments are due; we won't tell you when the payments are due; whenever we make the payments, after we've finished we'll tell you.

That way, of course, they can never be criticized for things not working (because we're not allowed to know they are meant to work).

Why pinkcottoncandy felt the need to stick her nose into the thread (twice) to say that she didn't know anything about the subject of it is a mystery to me.

The brief period of comparative clarity and efficiency under Asylumdown is now, obviously, at an end.

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on July 24, 2011, 16:00

The brief period of comparative clarity and efficiency under Asylumdown is now, obviously, at an end.

I never witnessed that, when did it happen?   

I think for the last two months things happened when he said they would, didn't they?

Quote from: Slovenian on July 10, 2011, 15:16

BTW PP program is pathetic, I've opted all in and there are only about a third on the PP sites, none have moved in months. Earnings are down as well, so I'm thinking of opting all out, but it won't work anyway, so why even bother...

You have to be a little bit more patient.Files do get migrated and Thinkstock will become the internets premier subsription site in the coming years IMO.
I joined the PP from the start when my nose was still the same color as my arse 

now its your tongue the same color as somebody else's arse

Perhaps the forums should all be closed to prevent people asking questions trolling. It seems to be what Lobo wants. And it would have the beneficial side-effect of adding him to the dole queue.

Don't you dare trolling here as well!