You bring up an interesting point about the possibility of sabotage which i think its not worth the time and effort. Have you tried googling keywords for your images? Maybe somehow it is being shown in google search and your getting traffic through that.

Most likely a bug tho. I have one file which actually is the opposite of what your experiencing. This happened before the F5 push... Its somehow isnt registering the views correctly and has extremely low views. i have a dl ratio of 1 in 4/5 views and is benefitting greatly from it. Im not contacting support 

Brings up another issue about the fairness of the system. What if my one file was accidently given some sort of extra push by code that was specifically written for it.

it seems price is more important the less talent you have 

I think that article addresses the same issues everyone here on msg complains about in a slightly different way and a lot of you seem to complain about the french. It seems to me that the french value the right to make a living off your work in your trade and the rf model has a serious problem. It is too cheap now to make a living off for most of photographers.

Look at Sean's example of uploading 2000 photos last year and still no growth on downloads on istock. That is a scary statistic. Means more competition. A lot of RM shooters are doing rf grudgingly since this is where the buyers ultimately are now.

wasnt facebook a big part of the middle east uprising??? Im all for democracy and all but its just an avenue for people to bitch and progress is at a snails pace. Look at usa's political mess

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Quote from: lisafx on March 02, 2011, 10:34

Pete, not sure how to interpret your post.  Are you saying that you AGREE with banning photography of all farmland - even from the road? And with making it a federal offense punishable by jail time?  

I am also confused. Is he saying that DDT is not harmful at all? It may "save" lives from malaria, but what about the harmful effects to birds, fish, other mammals, and the environment? Seems kind of like a lose-lose situation. Die from malaria or slowly kill yourself by poisoning the environment. :/

But DDT does not poison the environment. There has never been any study done to prove it does, it was banned based on fear and public opinion. Same kind of justice and decisions as the witch trials and the crusades. As a result of the court of public opinion, presumed guilt without evidence and the DDT witch hunt, 100 million people have died, mostly children.

That's the point.

Last time i checked, human beings are carbon based life forms and like anything else thats evolved naturally from our planet, we are 100% recyclable.

Call me mistrustful when we create synthesized products (mostly for monetary gain) that have absolutely no positive impact on our home with finite resources. Why dont u eat some saran wrap and see if thats good for you or not. I dont think there has been a study on that either.

Are you exclusive to istock? Exclusives get a faster inspection time. Recently, some of my files have been getting approved in hours after submission. But some files take longer... a lot longer. I would say the average time these days for me would be a day and 2 max.

Not too sure about non exclusives. i would figure that 2-3 days seems about right but again not too sure.

I also think it depends on the actual file itself. The ones that got approved right away for me were the ones i spent quite some time creating and put in the extra love it deserved =P

Maybe they have a quick initial pre inspector that delegates files for different inspectors?

Good points  BUT I doubt either one of those two stated above will have anything in vector vetta/video. Understandable to not want another collection that your not involved with lowering the visibility of your regular collection

Quote from: VB inc on February 23, 2011, 10:36

I was just stating that these days, i see files from 08 come back from the dead often.

Wow, just goes to show, everything is relative.  I still think of my photos from 08 as relatively new! 

Guess I need to update my desk calendar...

People still print calenders? lol jk

yeah i started contributing around that time so im no veteran like urself

Smaller firms or individuals are price sensitive and like to shop around and might have more time to look for their images. Larger firms have the budget or have one main account (which i believe is istock) where time is more important. I dont think a big firm would have two micro accounts but i might be wrong.
What if out of 100 buyers, 70 are price sensitive while the other 30 are not. The 30 buyers as a whole, outspends the price sensitive buyers by more than 2-8 times. I would like to showcase my stuff to these 30 buyers. These numbers are just made up but highly plausible to me.

It's all still evolving. It will be interesting to see how it changes down the road. Micro is still pretty young, so I expect some growing pains. A lot of us are learning along with them too about what works and what doesn't.

I agree except for the part where micro is pretty young. In this day and age, where change happens daily, 10 years seems pretty mature to me. I sometimes wish there a slow down button.

Quote from: VB inc on February 19, 2011, 16:38

Welcome to the CROWDSOURCING DILEMA!!!! The Squeeze has just begun!!!

Crowdsourcing has certainly brought on a dilemma for agencies. I think istock has realized that no longer can they keep screwing contributors over...the news is going to spread like wildfire. They can control their own forums, but they can't control the rest of the world.

Crowdsourcing is the business model of the agencies. The dilemma is with the suppliers when the market is overflooded with goods. The agencies get paid either way while the suppliers are working harder and harder for the shrinking slice. I cant possibly see a brighter picture for the majority of sellers going forward unless we get more buyers. Only a select few will profit handsomely from now on.

NO WAY... shes hot... and almost naked. very commercial and all agencies will gladly have that shot. Now, if she was average looking, with blemishes, then you would get the usual "lighting" rejection. which basically means no one wants to use this picture in any advertisement.