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There won't be mass boycott unless something really drastic happens. Like if they do major commission cut.
What is probably already happening is that top contributors are looking for other sources of income because they can see this is becoming less sustainable and are getting scared. Mid-level hobbyists are already backing off uploading because it's becoming a waste of time. And snaptshooters don't care and will continue uploading sunsets.

After enough of these negative changes happen good content supply will drop and sites will be left with stale content and new apples/handshakes/trees. It may take a year or two but what happens when micro buyers only have stale images and snapshots to choose from? Aren't they already complaining about that?

Still waiting.... 

add me to the queue. I requested payment on the 1st of December

Which category must choose for illustrations?
I have anatomy illustration, may I choose 2 categories: "illustrations/clipart" and ""Healthcare/medical"?
Please, answer as soon as possible, because I want to finish aplication.

Quote from: lisafx on November 26, 2010, 17:00

The agencies need to keep microstock sustainable for the contributors if they want to keep us motivated to produce great images! 

Ditto... ditto... a billion times ditto...

I have 3 batteries for my DSLR.  I dont do alot of shooting either (probably one photoshoot/week), but I like making sure I have plenty of battery power.  My general rule of thumb is to recharge once a battery falls below 40%, and I recharge as soon as I return from a photoshoot, otherwise I might forget and find myself with dead batteries for my next photoshoot.  Incidentally I've found non-OEM batteries to be pretty much as good as OEM's these days and cost alot less.

Kone: No They Don't!

Why does this erroneous claim keep making the rounds. Are you reading that self centered guru David K's claims? He's so full of himself he can't see past his own nose.

If you upload a file and the server fails, you can get a partial fail. If you upload and undersized image, you can get a partial fail.

If you have 1 photo or 7 batches of uploads, waiting for QC, and one photo fails, everything waiting will fail. It hasn't changed.

donding: One Fail all fail, and there's a reason.

Quote from: cclapper on November 05, 2010, 06:16

But again, there is such a small number of us that want to do the right thing and leave.

Fair enough, but following this forum for a couple of years doesn't make me think that moving elsewhere would be morally any better. There are regular complaints about the other micros, though the current iStock shenanigans trump everything that's gone before.
A lot of the agencies which start up promising a fairer deal for the photographer either don't deliver with sales (60% of nothing is less than 10% of something) or fold very quickly.
Aren't bulk discounts the norm in business?  Even before the revelation of these 70c/credit sales on iStock, deep bulk discounts were in force.
Rightly or wrongly, that's how business works. Seems the other micros work the same way.

I wouldn't be surprised if they started offering free credits to buyers who've bailed before the end of next year. "We missed you. In fact, we missed you so much we want you to give us another try and we've stuck 1,000 free credits in your account to tempt you back." Of course, it costs them absolutely nothing to do this, while it costs us dearly.