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Title: The future...You decide
Post by: Shank_ali on August 15, 2011, 13:43
I am still more than happy with the way Istock is performing.How about YOU.
what would you see as the future and how best would it serve your needs?
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: lisafx on August 15, 2011, 13:45
All you have to do is read ANY of the other istock threads here to find out how most people at MSG feel about Istock. 
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: cathyslife on August 15, 2011, 13:53
I thought the Shank was leaving. That didn't last long.  :(
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Zephyr on August 15, 2011, 14:00
I see Thinkstockphotos.com in the future, lots of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and pretty blue skies. Of course I live in Florida so those blue skies will be easy to see from the opening in my tent.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: cthoman on August 15, 2011, 14:07
In the future, I'm going to train a robot to do all my illustrations for me because I'll be too busy driving my flying car.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on August 15, 2011, 15:30
I thought the Shank was leaving. That didn't last long.  :(

Seriously, more nonsense instantly.  I'm all for a perpetual ban here.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Slovenian on August 15, 2011, 15:44
I thought the Shank was leaving. That didn't last long.  :(

Seriously, more nonsense instantly.  I'm all for a perpetual ban here.

From what I can tell they love this wanker over at IS... ??? . LOL, it tells a lot about that place. They sure do like suck ups over there, that's 4 sure. Woo-yay! ;)
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: sharpshot on August 15, 2011, 15:50
I thought the Shank was leaving. That didn't last long.  :(

Seriously, more nonsense instantly.  I'm all for a perpetual ban here.
+1
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: m@m on August 15, 2011, 16:32
I thought the Shank was leaving. That didn't last long.  :(

I'm all for a perpetual ban here.

My sentiments exactly!!!
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: gostwyck on August 15, 2011, 16:39
I thought the Shank was leaving. That didn't last long.  :(

Seriously, more nonsense instantly.  I'm all for a perpetual ban here.

+2. Breaking news ... sad lonely f*ckwit yearns for attention on internet forum.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: ShadySue on August 15, 2011, 16:40
I am still more than happy with the way Istock is performing.How about YOU.
what would you see as the future and how best would it serve your needs?
I've just spent half an hour researching, captioning, describing and keywording an editorial image, pressed 'send' and I've been LOGGED OUT and have it all to do again.
NOT happy.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: gclk on August 15, 2011, 17:07
I am still more than happy with the way Istock is performing.How about YOU.
what would you see as the future and how best would it serve your needs?
I've just spent half an hour researching, captioning, describing and keywording an editorial image, pressed 'send' and I've been LOGGED OUT and have it all to do again.
NOT happy.
Aaaah!!  It won't help for this time, but next time it happens, try hitting the back button on the browser.. the same thing happened to me the other day and after logging in then hitting 'back' a few times - to my surprise - there was my image almost ready to submit, with all the disambigs and categories maintained.  [that was using Chrome on Win7]
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: ShadySue on August 15, 2011, 17:42
I am still more than happy with the way Istock is performing.How about YOU.
what would you see as the future and how best would it serve your needs?
I've just spent half an hour researching, captioning, describing and keywording an editorial image, pressed 'send' and I've been LOGGED OUT and have it all to do again.
NOT happy.
Aaaah!!  It won't help for this time, but next time it happens, try hitting the back button on the browser.. the same thing happened to me the other day and after logging in then hitting 'back' a few times - to my surprise - there was my image almost ready to submit, with all the disambigs and categories maintained.  [that was using Chrome on Win7]
Oooooh, interesting, thanks. Wonder if it works with FF.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Gannet77 on August 15, 2011, 17:50
What, still not using DeepMeta?
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Xalanx on August 15, 2011, 18:01
I thought the Shank was leaving. That didn't last long.  :(

Seriously, more nonsense instantly.  I'm all for a perpetual ban here.

+2. Breaking news ... sad lonely f*ckwit yearns for attention on internet forum.

+3. I think this guy likes to be punished. Verbally, at least.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: elvinstar on August 15, 2011, 18:06
@ShadySue

You can also try (in the future) holding the alt key and pressing the left arrow key. This works like the back button on your browser, but does not reload the page. I often use it if forms don't work.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: fotografer on August 15, 2011, 18:09
I thought the Shank was leaving. That didn't last long.  :(

Seriously, more nonsense instantly.  I'm all for a perpetual ban here.

+2. Breaking news ... sad lonely f*ckwit yearns for attention on internet forum.


+3. I think this guy likes to be punished. Verbally, at least.
+4. I was dissapointed to find out that it was only a temporary ban
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: blamb on August 15, 2011, 18:57
+5
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: ShadySue on August 15, 2011, 19:07
@ShadySue

You can also try (in the future) holding the alt key and pressing the left arrow key. This works like the back button on your browser, but does not reload the page. I often use it if forms don't work.
Ooooh, how will I remember this one? I'll try putting it i the front of my diary. Tx.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: helix7 on August 15, 2011, 19:43
I am still more than happy with the way Istock is performing...

Congrats on being among the 0.01% of istock contributors who are somehow still doing well.

...what would you see as the future and how best would it serve your needs?

The future at istock seems to be more inclusion in the various collections, which only serves the needs of istock and getty. You can fanboy it up all you want, but at the end of the day we all lose this one. Spreading images out across these collections with less control for the contributors over where their images end up is not good for anyone, except those lucky few who go to work every morning in a certain Calgary or Seattle office.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Eireann on August 15, 2011, 19:54
- 1.
I like Shank. I have always liked him. And I don't want him banned.

And I love the way he likes to stir things up :) And the furious replies he never fails to get. Hahaha! I bet he's having a lot of fun :)
A while ago someone here called him the absolute Mr. Baiter.
I agree :)
He does that to perfection.

Don't go anywhere Shank, life is a lot more boring without you :)

PS On Topic
Unless Rebbeca decides to give back independent artists the 20% commission I signed for, there is no future for me at IStock.
Unfortunately.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Batman on August 15, 2011, 20:32
I thought the Shank was leaving. That didn't last long.  :(

Seriously, more nonsense instantly.  I'm all for a perpetual ban here.

+1
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: qwerty on August 15, 2011, 23:17
Shank how about you go over to luminous landscape forum and tell them how good Istock is. You'll have heaps more fun than here.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: dirkr on August 16, 2011, 01:58
PS On Topic
Unless Rebbeca decides to give back independent artists the 20% commission I signed for, there is no future for me at IStock.
Unfortunately.
+1
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: fotografer on August 16, 2011, 03:38
Shank how about you go over to luminous landscape forum and tell them how good Istock is. You'll have heaps more fun than here.
LOL
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: grp_photo on August 16, 2011, 04:48
Shank how about you go over to luminous landscape forum and tell them how good Istock is. You'll have heaps more fun than here.
LOL
lol +1
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: cathyslife on August 16, 2011, 06:43
- 1.
I like Shank. I have always liked him. And I don't want him banned.

And I love the way he likes to stir things up :) And the furious replies he never fails to get. Hahaha! I bet he's having a lot of fun :)
A while ago someone here called him the absolute Mr. Baiter.
I agree :)
He does that to perfection.

Don't go anywhere Shank, life is a lot more boring without you :)

PS On Topic
Unless Rebbeca decides to give back independent artists the 20% commission I signed for, there is no future for me at IStock.
Unfortunately.

Actually, Shank wasn't banned. He made a big point of starting a thread saying he was leaving of his own accord. I guess that was just drama (again). Then he came back using several different names and continuing his starting of useless threads. IF he was banned, which apparently he wasn't, it was because of that.

The only reason I can see that he is even here is because he HAS been banned at the IS forum and so he comes here to include the IS name anywhere he can to help cheer them on. Before he was banned at IS, he hardly ever showed up here. So he's not really here to contribute anything worthwhile, only to show his allegiance to IS, which we all know about anyway.  ::)
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Microbius on August 16, 2011, 06:51
I thought he was banned for using another member's user name, no?
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: SNP on August 16, 2011, 07:58
Shank how about you go over to luminous landscape forum and tell them how good Istock is. You'll have heaps more fun than here.

lol.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Microstock Posts on August 16, 2011, 08:53
I thought the Shank was leaving. That didn't last long.  :(

Seriously, more nonsense instantly.  I'm all for a perpetual ban here.
+1

Come on guys, it's fun to have him around. I think he won't be impersonating anyone again. Plus I like to see opinions from istock loyalists, it makes a change from most of us bashing them.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: cathyslife on August 16, 2011, 10:30
Come on guys, it's fun to have him around. I think he won't be impersonating anyone again. Plus I like to see opinions from istock loyalists, it makes a change from most of us bashing them.

That's an easy fix...just hang out at the IS forum instead of here.  ;D
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Microstock Posts on August 16, 2011, 10:34
Come on guys, it's fun to have him around. I think he won't be impersonating anyone again. Plus I like to see opinions from istock loyalists, it makes a change from most of us bashing them.

That's an easy fix...just hang out at the IS forum instead of here.  ;D

Lol. I've popped my head in a few times, but it makes me feel queasy.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: icefront on August 16, 2011, 20:34
Back to the original topic... I may have 2 (worse) choices...
1. iStock getting bigger and bigger. This means a lot of another arrogant employees and of course (due to the circumstances) 5% royalty. Ahh's Ohhhs' Hmmm's from the IS forum, and basically waiting another period until the 1% royalty (Another Ahh's Ohh's and Hmm' well, yes form the IS forum).
2. iStock falling and it's exclusives spreading over the existing agencies, diluting the 35.000.000 images pool with another 15.000.000, resulting an another 50% overall royalty fall.
After this doesn't matter, year 2012 is the end of the (microstock) world.

BTW. If really I decide...
- law-controlled media agencies, no royalty under (the worse) 75%, contributor rights protected
- upload as many files I want
- more than 1 reviewer per image or automated reviews (quality, keywords, etc.)
- fast uploads, forget the categories, the "I understand" checkboxes.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Larry on August 16, 2011, 21:38
There people who post constantly, incessently, helplessly even, especially on the political sites, because they just like sticking their fingers in people's eyes and getting people mad, getting a reaction.  Many of them have revealing titles, such as "nobama". I thought shank might be such as handle because of its common meaning.  Anyway, many such posters just create continuously counterproductive motion and noise and irritation to no useful end. I don't know about this one but these often don't seem like serious questions, more of just a desire to get on the screen endlessly.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Graffoto on August 16, 2011, 23:46
I want to go Back to the Future.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Shank_ali on August 17, 2011, 01:12
I want to go Back to the Future.
Then you do not get to upload editorial......I'm on holiday this week in Devon,different IP address  ;),and it's just so pleasant shooting both stock and editorial.Unable to edit and upload but still good fun filling a few memory cards!
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Shank_ali on August 17, 2011, 01:21
There people who post constantly, incessently, helplessly even, especially on the political sites, because they just like sticking their fingers in people's eyes and getting people mad, getting a reaction.  Many of them have revealing titles, such as "nobama". I thought shank might be such as handle because of its common meaning.  Anyway, many such posters just create continuously counterproductive motion and noise and irritation to no useful end. I don't know about this one but these often don't seem like serious questions, more of just a desire to get on the screen endlessly.
You've been sucked into the shank vortex.You will not need to eat bran for a month now.....
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: heywoody on August 17, 2011, 05:56
- 1.
I like Shank. I have always liked him. And I don't want him banned.

And I love the way he likes to stir things up :) And the furious replies he never fails to get. Hahaha! I bet he's having a lot of fun :)
A while ago someone here called him the absolute Mr. Baiter.
I agree :)
He does that to perfection.

Don't go anywhere Shank, life is a lot more boring without you :)

PS On Topic
Unless Rebbeca decides to give back independent artists the 20% commission I signed for, there is no future for me at IStock.
Unfortunately.


Yeah too many people with rods up their asses - I have no problem with someone attempting to liven things up by talking shite.  Then again, I don't mind Lobo either  ::)
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: jen on August 17, 2011, 10:35
Shank wouldn't be so bad if he knew how to use punctuation.

:)
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Shank_ali on August 17, 2011, 11:15
What was Thommo alluding too in his departed post.....Admins were only allowing posative comments on the forum about his departure but it was quite clear our content is going to be split further than just the PP.
will the future be a smooth transition(  :o)
 and leave Istock with the premier,Agency+Vetta files,only for sale.
Interesting times ahead....
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Eireann on August 17, 2011, 12:49
Sorry, CClapper.
I don't know much about IStock's forum. I barely visit that site.
Whether Shank is banned there or not, I don't know and it makes no difference to me.
That was not my point.
I was talking about here, about this forum.
I don't want him banned from here.
That's a -1 from me.
I like him. And I don't want him to go anywhere. Stay here Shank, you've got a supporter in me :)

And by the way, any news about your wonderful sales on Thinkstock? :)
Hahaha, it's time to start that one again :)
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: cathyslife on August 17, 2011, 16:08
Sorry, CClapper.
I don't know much about IStock's forum. I barely visit that site.
Whether Shank is banned there or not, I don't know and it makes no difference to me.
That was not my point.
I was talking about here, about this forum.
I don't want him banned from here.
That's a -1 from me.
I like him. And I don't want him to go anywhere. Stay here Shank, you've got a supporter in me :)

And by the way, any news about your wonderful sales on Thinkstock? :)
Hahaha, it's time to start that one again :)

I guess you didn't really even read my post. Or the thread where Shank decided he was going to leave of his own accord. That's what I was talking about. Please...point out to me where I said anything about me wanting Shank banned (though really, that would be ok with me, as his rhetoric seems to be just repetitive). Neither you NOR I have the power to ban anybody, so the whole point of this back and forth is truly moot. Nuff said.  ;)
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Eireann on August 17, 2011, 16:53
CClapper,
right.
No point in going further. I shall leave it at that.
Title: Re: The future...You decide
Post by: Shank_ali on August 18, 2011, 01:41
Sorry, CClapper.
I don't know much about IStock's forum. I barely visit that site.
Whether Shank is banned there or not, I don't know and it makes no difference to me.
That was not my point.
I was talking about here, about this forum.
I don't want him banned from here.
That's a -1 from me.
I like him. And I don't want him to go anywhere. Stay here Shank, you've got a supporter in me :)

And by the way, any news about your wonderful sales on Thinkstock? :)
Hahaha, it's time to start that one again :)
A fan .I hope you can handle the pressure :P