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Messages - CatTheCat
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« on: October 26, 2016, 11:44 »
Last month was so good for me on istock, I earned almost as much as on shutterstock. Everytime I shout WOO-HOO!, something really bad happens next. True story.
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« on: October 25, 2016, 16:38 »
This announcement closely followed by a flurry of refund emails. I hate IStock.
Got one (my very first in 2 years) refund email, too. A coincidence?
Me too... And it was my first ever!
Me too.
And here we go - me too :-(
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« on: October 11, 2016, 18:47 »
If you dont hit the market you will die, reversed, if you do hit the market you will gain. All complains about falling sales are worthless and a waste of time. Make better photos, videos or illustrations, thats all.
Better ilustrations? I was always on the top 3 Pages on illustrations category. I had one illustration on the top 20 most popular images in the same category. I don't want to sound pretentious but I could work a whole week on an illustration. And it was worth it, in the past. So that's not all.
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« on: October 09, 2016, 14:58 »
So I was working exclusively for the microstock industry. Shutterstock alone was sending me more then enough monthly to pay my bills. Now I see the earnings are like 30, 40 % down comparing to last year, and the new images I uploaded lately, they don't sell at all, and I mean 00000! and their quality is really good, similar or even better to older ones that already sold more than 2000 times. So I had to get another occupation, I just leave the portfolio there and will see it go to insignificant earnings in record time.  it is pointless now to upload there. So sad...
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« on: July 21, 2015, 10:03 »
Even if you remove all debt, how can Greece expect to pay the pensions they pay with 60% youth unemployment...
They will be in trouble again in a few years.
Sometimes people don't want to see what it is so obvious. It's easier to say it's Germany's fault, I even see people in Facebook calling the germans nazists when they post about Greece (!!!)
Of course Europe is responsible (they didn't act at the right time). But each country needs to change what it doesn't work and what is unfair, and Greece has a lot to do too!
Varoufakis did nothing for 5 months, what a waste of time...
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« on: July 11, 2015, 09:14 »
So Tsakalotos signed the document of the greek measures. The one in the left is that signature, the one in the right is his normal signature.
Why are the last greek finance ministers so childish and unprofessional?
To me, it sounds like they are not going to implement the measures, it is just a paper, they just want the debt restructuration.
And why are they protecting the orthodox church anyway?
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« on: July 08, 2015, 12:42 »
Even if Greece defaults and start printing drachmas, if the country doesn't change what should be changed, sooner or later they will be in trouble again. And when the defense minister Panos Kammenos, came to the point to treathening Europe that if Europe don't help them, they would let jihadists passing through... (But then the europeans are the terrorists, right...) Well, the future is ugly anyway.
The big problem here is when a country governor and the population doesn't want to accept the necessity to implement changes. Perhaps because a majority wins directly or undirectly with the privileges, corruption, big public expenses. Certainly politicians included. It would have to be a really courageous politician to implement those kind of changes, he would be unpopular and Tsipras doesn't seems to be that guy.
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« on: July 08, 2015, 09:25 »
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« on: July 07, 2015, 16:05 »
All the countries governor worried, Tsipras is the only one laughing.
Looking at this picture seems like it is all good with his country, he doesn't care with the worries he is causing to other countries.
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« on: July 07, 2015, 08:59 »
Now they asked an urgent loan of 7 billions euros for the next 48 hours to the "terrorists". 7 billions! 
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« on: July 06, 2015, 08:57 »
Look,noone can and will pay for it's debt never, never ever. Tell me, which country in the eurozone is not paying their tranches, other than Greece. Our former prime minister Jose Socrates (2005-2011), who loved to create new constructions projects everywhere in Portugal, said he learned that a country debt was not to repay, but to manage. In 2011, his finance minister called for troija behind Socrates back because this one was in constant denial and didn't want to assume the debt was out of control. He managed badly the debt. He didn't care at all. Now he is in prison, suspected of passive corruption. We are here to discuss opinions, you don't need to accuse me of ignorance or anything, just because my ideas doesn't match yours.
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« on: July 05, 2015, 20:42 »
Greece's internal affairs have nothing to do with the whole economical conundrum IMHO you are wrong, because if Greece does not become sustainable, it will ask for more and more money. They ask for debt restructuring because obviously they can't pay for it. Greece had already an haircut on 2012. And they will always remember the german debts from the world war II. If Greece leave the eurozone, which I hope not, it will be worse. Don't even expect IMF to loan more money to the country since Greece didn't repay them on June 30. It's like if the portuguese would expect debt forgiveness from France because of the napoleonic invasions. If Greece had already implemented significant changes, that would make the country sustainable, another debt restructuring could be expected, but without measures, it sounds like they will ask for it every 3 years because the debt will not stop increasing. I am not defending the financial system here, I despise it. That's why I believe the countries need to be sustainable for themself, to be free from it.
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« on: July 05, 2015, 19:42 »
The money does not only come from Germany.
For example, 2 millions are from Portugal.
"to recognise this clever bargaining move." That's the problem. It's only about moves. We don't see him doing anything anyway.
And Varoufakis moves are about taking pictures all smiling and sexy with his wife for a VIP magazine and playing the hero on his twitter account.
Look at him. He acts like he still is at the high school classes.
I was expecting this government would do a real change. For months, what measures have they implemented to combat corruption, tax evasion, to increase tax revenue, to lower public expenses?
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« on: July 05, 2015, 18:53 »
Why are the countries whose citizens live worse than the Greeks, that pay more taxes than the Greeks and retire later that the Greeks be in solidarity with the Greeks who vote in a government that blatantly flirts with a Russia that is a direct threat to safety of some of these countries?
Syriza won in Greece. And it has a mandate to govern in Greece. Not the money of European taxpayers and the EU.
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« on: July 05, 2015, 11:18 »
Basically: - they didn't repay the 1.6 millions they should have in the June 30th to the IMF, - they didn't do nothing considerable since they were elected to combat corruption and tax evasion, to increase income taxes and lower the public expenses, - their country is in recession since they were elected, - they want more debt restructuring, - they want more money (!!!) - they don't want to increment changes in their country (like everything is ok, right!) looking good 
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« on: July 05, 2015, 11:08 »
Well, the NO wins with 52 %.
Let's wait and see.
For a truth democracy, all the people in the eurozone should now vote in a referendum if they agree with the future new decisions, whatever they are.
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« on: July 04, 2015, 12:13 »
Since they were elected, what changes greek government have implemented to combat the corruption and the taxes invasion?
They spend their time in European reunions, they don't present serious proposals, how they expect their country to be sustainable? They need to be sustainable to avoid the unhealthy financial system. When they are not in reunions they go to TV and Twitter telling the europeans are terrorist. They closed the banks for a week and they go to TV telling the greeks it is Europe fault. Eurozone is not only Germany and France, it is mainly countries with smaller monthly minimum wage, and surely where you don't pay 2 euros for a coffee... That government is not showing any respect or consideration for the other countries (what kind of democracy is this?) and I think this situation is going to a wrong direction for the greek people, both for the YES or NO perspective.
They only talk of debt restructuring, how many debt restructuring they had already? They don't make changes in their country to limit their expanses, they just need to ask for debt restructuring once a year.
Honestly, if I see only in a personal interest, it's better for me that Greece don't leave the euro because it weaknen the euro.
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« on: July 01, 2015, 14:09 »
I am from Portugal.
In Portugal, the current government is formed by a center right party (PSD) and a right party (PP)
There is no extreme right party in the parlament. They exist (PNR) but they never get enough votes to get there, fortunately.
In some months, the new elections will be between PSD/PP or PS (center-left party). It is always like that in Portugal. Most of the people here see politics like football. If they are PSD, they vote PSD. If they are PS, they vote PS. So it is always between PS and PSD.
I don't know if the economy is recovering or not here. I just know that the house market is recovering (but right now, a lot of chinese are buying houses in Portugal, so it is hard to conclude anything). I bought an house 2 years ago for a very cheap price because of the crisis, and I know that right now I would not buy it so cheap.
Luckily, here in Portugal, a big majority of families are the owner of their own house and parents and grand-parents were able (and still are) to help the young. So even if it was hard, we were able to manage the crisis. What is most scary, I believe, is looking at the future.
The portuguese public spending seems controlled right now, but many decisions that the government made were unpopulist and controversial.
About Greece, I would not like to see them leave the euro. But these months, I waited to see what the greek prime minister would do and honestly I only see him and the finance minister interested of taking part of a big brother show. TV, VIP magazines... I saw a few days ago the list of their political plans that they presented to EC/ECB/IMF, and could not believe my eyes. Most of them where so basic, they should have been done right away when they were elected! They are only losing a lot of time and greek people will pay for their delay.
They seems like 2 little kids...
But all of this is EU fault mainly. For years they were all smiling, saying "it is ok" "everything is alright". They waited for the last minute to admit that there was a huge problem with the countries debts, with the help of and protecting some major banks and other financial institutions.
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« on: March 28, 2015, 10:47 »
Hi do you know if the support team for contributors work on Saturday? I need an urgent answer from them and I just don't know what to do to contact them urgently. 
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« on: December 05, 2014, 23:44 »
They rejected images that are among my most popular on shutterstock, that sell 1-2 times everyday. Rejected for 'too niche'.
They deserve to fall.
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« on: November 11, 2014, 08:55 »
I sent big batch of photos to dreamstime. They were approximately 600, all from different subjects. the first 100 were accepted, then all were rejected for 'too niche'. Well, that's the point! In shutterstock they sell very well because they don't have competition!
I waited some months, and I could see that in Dreamstime, those 100 accepted were selling 50% of my 500 images portfolio sells (number of images on dreamstime). So I sent them an email, explaining that those images were selling well, that they rejected almost everything for 'too niche' and I wanted to send a new batch of the same style I recently made, but I wanted to make sure I would not spend my time submitting, to see the images rejected for the same reason.
They answered saying "oh, tell me the ID of the files so the reviewer explain the rejection to you" It was like a copy-paste answer. what??? I understand the rejection, I just think it's stupid. Well, and then I tried to submit the new batch but they were rejected again for 'too niche'...
So they are not very smart I think.
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« on: August 08, 2014, 19:06 »
Thank you.
For a moment I thought that there could be a bug, not reporting all the downloads on the contributors accounts.
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« on: August 08, 2014, 18:12 »
Why SS revenue increased 41% and paid download only 30%?
I don't understand that difference.
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« on: July 23, 2014, 14:38 »
@robhainer
you say that DPC hasn't had any impact but how . do you know?
because you see SS earnings increasing? You can't assume that based on that because earnings could be even better without DPC. You seem to try to persuade yourself with that argument.
I think only SS staff, who have access to the general earnings from all site, can conclude something.
Honestly, I am not so worried as I was. Because half of my portfolio has what Fotolia doesn't have. And I will certainly continue to invest in my niches. What worries me, it's people saying to them "oh, it's ok" and then in some years we will see the 10CPC (c for CENT!) and there will always be people saying "it's ok, it's the same thing as other places, and I could get some extra tiny earnings"
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