Author Topic: Awesome "Stockys" giveaway - $20,000 down the drain... (Read 27771 times)

helix7 · « **Reply #100 on:** November 05, 2010, 10:34 »

Quote from: Microbius on November 05, 2010, 03:58

I think it has. The woo-yays didn't need winning over. It's the rest of us this stuff is targeted at winning over.

I'm not so sure it's backfired. Taking a look at the current Stockys thread over there, you can find plenty of complementary posts from people who were as vocal as anyone else in the "Where do we go from here" thread. Seems plenty of people have been easily swayed by the chance to win a little money.

Mission accomplished, iStock.

jamirae · « **Reply #101 on:** November 05, 2010, 13:14 »

Quote from: helix7 on November 05, 2010, 10:34

Quote from: Microbius on November 05, 2010, 03:58
I think it has. The woo-yays didn't need winning over. It's the rest of us this stuff is targeted at winning over.

I'm not so sure it's backfired. Taking a look at the current Stockys thread over there, you can find plenty of complementary posts from people who were as vocal as anyone else in the "Where do we go from here" thread. Seems plenty of people have been easily swayed by the chance to win a little money.

Mission accomplished, iStock.

well you can count me as another one who it did NOT work for. I won't even go into that thread because the whole thing just gets my blood pressure up on how stupid the whole contest is what with iStock being 'unsustainable' and all. so glad that royalty cut is paying for 10 people (out of thousands) to win.

Anyhow, glad that the wooyayers have a thread to stay in. personally, too much sugar-loaded koolaid makes me throw-up.

cathyslife · « **Reply #102 on:** November 05, 2010, 14:04 »

Quote from: jamirae on November 05, 2010, 13:14

Anyhow, glad that the wooyayers have a thread to stay in. personally, too much sugar-loaded koolaid makes me throw-up.

LOL

Eireann · « **Reply #103 on:** November 05, 2010, 14:06 »

This is a long term battle. But I'm not giving up.
Unfortunately for me I can't forgive them (I tried), and I'm not giving up.
I haven't uploaded a single image since the announcement.
No purchases whatsoever from IStock.
Every single day I make a point of reminding people I know, (or don't know), to never buy from IStock again.
I will delete my port before the change takes place.
I will not vote/participate in any way to the competition.
They tell me I don't matter.
But I know I do.

Sadstock · « **Reply #104 on:** November 05, 2010, 14:51 »

Quote from: Microbius on November 04, 2010, 09:29

Quote from: scorb on November 04, 2010, 08:54
Quote from: cclapper on October 25, 2010, 07:22
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If the 'Stockys' are genuinely awarded by true popular vote, it'll be interesting to see what 'the community' goes for.

At Participate / Contributor Lounge / Trends, the second highest rated file is a six year close-up of a screw, the only image left by Umbris after he removed the rest of his portfolio in disgust. 196 ratings in the last three months.

An appropriate image to be second highest, it really should be first. That will be funny if some similar type of image wins this year.

Incidentally, the 'Screw' image (#308048) has been screwed itself. An admin obviously decided to get rid of the embarrassment by giving it a somewhat harsh 1 / 5 review.

That's a shame. Maybe we should get another appropriate image up there. I'm thinking this one sums up IStock at the moment:
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-2386660-where-are-my-keys.php

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OMG This is the saddest rating ever! It was done by an Istock admin DoctorEvidence, who gave it a 1/5 cameras. http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=862744
So some admin is pissed off about this image being so popular, so he gives it a bogus rating while hiding behind a screen name. How old are we now?

Usually Lobo eliminates such BS ratings and blocks the offending member's ability to so in the future.

Pieman, will you step up to the plate?

caspixel · « **Reply #105 on:** November 05, 2010, 15:29 »

Frankly, it wouldn't surprise me if DoctorEvidence was an alias for Lobo.

ShadySue · « **Reply #106 on:** November 05, 2010, 17:21 »

Quote from: Sadstock on November 05, 2010, 14:51

Quote from: Microbius on November 04, 2010, 09:29
That's a shame. Maybe we should get another appropriate image up there. I'm thinking this one sums up IStock at the moment:
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-2386660-where-are-my-keys.php

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OMG This is the saddest rating ever! It was done by an Istock admin DoctorEvidence, who gave it a 1/5 cameras. http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=862744
So some admin is pissed off about this image being so popular, so he gives it a bogus rating while hiding behind a screen name. How old are we now?
Usually Lobo eliminates such BS ratings and blocks the offending member's ability to so in the future.

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The 1/5 rating seems to be gone now; at least I can't see it.

donding · « **Reply #107 on:** November 05, 2010, 19:45 »

Where do you go to know what has been submitted or can you? I'm curious to see what kind of crap has been entered.

I quit uploading when all this began back in September and am in no way going to enter the stupid thing.

JamesGdesign · « **Reply #108 on:** November 05, 2010, 20:15 »

^^^ I havent uploaded a thing since this happened either. From what i see from the latest uploads page (for vectors anyway) alot of the better contributors have stopped also.

Even if I wasn't censored from the forums I still wouldn't post in the Stocky's thread. Quite frankly I hope it dies in the a$$ before it gets to 300. Funnily enough it looks like the majority of replies in there are from admins anyway & the tin foil hat in me says they're attempting to pad it out.

Even though it seems as if we as a community (not Istock) are disjointed and isolated from one another, It is the collective mind that binds us. A Microcosm of the world at large. A factor I think George Orwell couldn't have forseen given the existence of the internet.

Chins up people!

ETA - I went and had a look at that 1/5 rating from the aptly named "DoctorEvidence". Yet another Dick move from the minions. Not surprising.

MarkFGD · « **Reply #109 on:** November 05, 2010, 21:44 »

DoctorEd

There you go. Fixed him. He's not gonna screw with anyone now.

Sadstock · « **Reply #110 on:** November 07, 2010, 15:00 »

Quote from: ShadySue on November 05, 2010, 17:21

Quote from: Sadstock on November 05, 2010, 14:51
Quote from: Microbius on November 04, 2010, 09:29
That's a shame. Maybe we should get another appropriate image up there. I'm thinking this one sums up IStock at the moment:
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-2386660-where-are-my-keys.php

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OMG This is the saddest rating ever! It was done by an Istock admin DoctorEvidence, who gave it a 1/5 cameras. http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=862744
So some admin is pissed off about this image being so popular, so he gives it a bogus rating while hiding behind a screen name. How old are we now?
Usually Lobo eliminates such BS ratings and blocks the offending member's ability to so in the future.

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The 1/5 rating seems to be gone now; at least I can't see it.

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Shockingly its still there. You have to click "view 20 more" about 6 or 7 times and it will then appear. I feel so let down that Istock has not addressed this travesty of ratings :-)

MarkFGD · « **Reply #111 on:** November 07, 2010, 15:24 »

They've introduced a stupid 1-to-5 ratings system. They'd look even more stupid if they then turned around and told people they can't give anything other than a rating of 5. It's there. It's meaningless. Ignore it.

ShadySue · « **Reply #112 on:** November 07, 2010, 15:29 »

Quote from: Sadstock on November 07, 2010, 15:00

Quote from: ShadySue on November 05, 2010, 17:21
Quote from: Sadstock on November 05, 2010, 14:51
Quote from: Microbius on November 04, 2010, 09:29
That's a shame. Maybe we should get another appropriate image up there. I'm thinking this one sums up IStock at the moment:
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-2386660-where-are-my-keys.php

-----------------------
OMG This is the saddest rating ever! It was done by an Istock admin DoctorEvidence, who gave it a 1/5 cameras. http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=862744
So some admin is pissed off about this image being so popular, so he gives it a bogus rating while hiding behind a screen name. How old are we now?
Usually Lobo eliminates such BS ratings and blocks the offending member's ability to so in the future.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 1/5 rating seems to be gone now; at least I can't see it.

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Shockingly its still there. You have to click "view 20 more" about 6 or 7 times and it will then appear. I feel so let down that Istock has not addressed this travesty of ratings :-)

You can have a rating removed from one of your own files by contacting CR.
I found a 1/5 rating on one of my best sellers, apparently by a buyer who said it wasn't a high enough resolution for his needs. I found that bizarre, as the filesize is clearly shown when buying (it's an old slide scan). I never bothered to ask for it to be removed: it was many months afterwards that I discovered it, and it hasn't stopped sales.

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Author Topic: Awesome "Stockys" giveaway - $20,000 down the drain... (Read 27771 times)

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