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« on: May 28, 2014, 16:37 »
Once again... the images are free only during the initial beta test (and perhaps not free at all, if we are indeed retroactively paid)... don't throw away future dollars worrying about a few pennies you may drop along the way!
Can't we opt back in, once the testing is over and the "big dollars" start flowing in? The way you say it only those of us who remain opted in during the testing will be able to participate later. But surely it does not make much of a business sense?
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« on: May 28, 2014, 03:14 »
The latest changes in the number of images in the DPC collection:
Date and time Images on DPC Change
28-05-2014 12:08:57 21,690,873 -164
28-05-2014 09:08:59 21,691,037 917
28-05-2014 06:09:00 21,690,120 -415
28-05-2014 04:08:57 21,690,535 -346
28-05-2014 02:08:54 21,690,881 695
28-05-2014 01:08:58 21,690,186 2,902
27-05-2014 22:08:59 21,687,284 -1,841
27-05-2014 20:08:55 21,689,125 414
27-05-2014 19:08:59 21,688,711 3,461
27-05-2014 17:08:55 21,685,250 -8,651
27-05-2014 16:08:57 21,693,901 36
27-05-2014 15:08:54 21,693,865 548
27-05-2014 14:08:59 21,693,317 522
27-05-2014 11:09:00 21,692,795 896
27-05-2014 08:08:59 21,691,899 -17
27-05-2014 06:08:55 21,691,916 1,649
27-05-2014 05:08:57 21,690,267 24
27-05-2014 04:08:56 21,690,243 -11
27-05-2014 02:08:58 21,690,254 3,286
27-05-2014 01:08:57 21,686,968 172
27-05-2014 00:08:57 21,686,796 1,903
26-05-2014 23:08:56 21,684,893 791
26-05-2014 22:08:55 21,684,102 40
26-05-2014 21:08:54 21,684,062 417
26-05-2014 20:08:57 21,683,645 1,015
26-05-2014 17:09:00 21,682,630 800
26-05-2014 16:08:54 21,681,830 651
26-05-2014 14:08:59 21,681,179 1,785
26-05-2014 11:09:01 21,679,394 452
As of this moment, according to calculations by categories on DPC and the total number specified on FT, there are 28,515,003 images on FT and 21,690,873 on DPC. The difference amounts to 6,824,130 images.
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« on: May 26, 2014, 02:19 »
Dook, I wish I knew. Only Fotolia knows that.
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« on: May 26, 2014, 01:54 »
I have to say, the stats are not spectacular atm. The latest number is on top of the list (Moscow time): Date and time Images on DPC Change 26-05-2014 08:09:00 21,678,942 -2,647 26-05-2014 06:08:54 21,681,589 -307 26-05-2014 05:09:00 21,681,896 -609 26-05-2014 02:08:59 21,682,505 94 26-05-2014 01:08:54 21,682,411 66 26-05-2014 00:08:55 21,682,345 101 25-05-2014 23:09:02 21,682,244 435 25-05-2014 21:08:56 21,681,809 -4 25-05-2014 20:08:58 21,681,813 139 25-05-2014 18:09:00 21,681,674 772 25-05-2014 16:08:58 21,680,902 962 25-05-2014 15:08:53 21,679,940 251 25-05-2014 13:08:59 21,679,689 1,150 25-05-2014 10:09:00 21,678,539 813 25-05-2014 08:08:58 21,677,726 3,362 25-05-2014 05:09:00 21,674,364 1,689 25-05-2014 03:08:59 21,672,675 5,802 25-05-2014 00:09:00 21,666,873 951 24-05-2014 22:08:59 21,665,922 546 24-05-2014 19:09:00 21,665,376 627 24-05-2014 18:08:55 21,664,749 228 24-05-2014 17:08:56 21,664,521 394 24-05-2014 16:08:58 21,664,127 -19,132 24-05-2014 14:08:55 21,683,259 -201 By categories for the same period of time: | Category | 24 May | 26 May | Change | | Nature | 1,529,893 | 1,530,445 | 552 | | Arch | 1,535,743 | 1,536,763 | 1,020 | | People | 5,421,534 | 5,400,652 | -20,882 | | Flora & Fauna | 2,232,518 | 2,234,253 | 1,735 | | Objects | 3,443,598 | 3,448,255 | 4,657 | | Transport | 349,304 | 349,583 | 279 | | Food | 3,217,757 | 3,216,057 | -1,700 | | Sport | 417,693 | 417,909 | 216 | | Backgrounds | 1,427,923 | 1,429,596 | 1,673 | | Abstract | 957,226 | 963,590 | 6,364 | | Other | 1,150,070 | 1,151,839 | 1,769 |
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« on: May 24, 2014, 04:18 »
Interesting changes in yesterday's and today's stats on DPC (+21,798 ... -17,026... -14,652).
The latest number is on top of the list (Moscow time):
Date and time Images on DPC Change
24-05-2014 13:08:55 21,683,460 -14,652
24-05-2014 12:08:58 21,698,112 -4,736
24-05-2014 09:08:57 21,702,848 -13
24-05-2014 08:08:55 21,702,861 -9
24-05-2014 07:08:57 21,702,870 17
24-05-2014 04:08:59 21,702,853 101
24-05-2014 03:08:56 21,702,752 -17,026
24-05-2014 01:08:59 21,719,778 -6,960
24-05-2014 00:08:54 21,726,738 -3,706
23-05-2014 22:08:59 21,730,444 -522
23-05-2014 19:09:00 21,730,966 21,798
23-05-2014 17:08:55 21,709,168 4,599
23-05-2014 16:08:57 21,704,569 5,314
23-05-2014 14:09:00 21,699,255 369
23-05-2014 13:08:54 21,698,886 19
23-05-2014 12:08:57 21,698,867 545
23-05-2014 11:08:55 21,698,322 -126
23-05-2014 09:08:59 21,698,448 -1,672
23-05-2014 08:08:55 21,700,120 109
23-05-2014 07:08:58 21,700,011 404
23-05-2014 04:08:59 21,699,607 533
23-05-2014 03:08:53 21,699,074 439
23-05-2014 01:08:58 21,698,635 851
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« on: May 22, 2014, 14:43 »
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« on: May 21, 2014, 07:16 »
Latest changes in the number of images on DPC (Moscow time) (the current number is on top of the list):
Date and time Images on DPC Change
21-05-2014 16:08:59 21,708,365 -1,097
21-05-2014 14:08:56 21,709,462 167
21-05-2014 13:08:56 21,709,295 113
21-05-2014 12:08:54 21,709,182 -243
21-05-2014 11:08:58 21,709,425 -1,477
21-05-2014 10:08:54 21,710,902 -97
21-05-2014 09:08:59 21,710,999 -3,550
21-05-2014 07:08:53 21,714,549 -67
21-05-2014 06:08:59 21,714,616 -3,074
21-05-2014 05:08:53 21,717,690 -23
21-05-2014 04:08:55 21,717,713 23
21-05-2014 03:08:56 21,717,690 281
21-05-2014 01:08:57 21,717,409 -633
21-05-2014 00:09:00 21,718,042 -133
20-05-2014 22:08:59 21,718,175 171
20-05-2014 20:08:57 21,718,004 -16
20-05-2014 19:08:54 21,718,020 197
20-05-2014 18:08:57 21,717,823 -102
20-05-2014 16:08:53 21,717,925 -534
20-05-2014 15:08:58 21,718,459 -15
20-05-2014 13:08:57 21,718,474 -984
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« on: May 20, 2014, 02:49 »
Ron, I know it's a bit confusing, sorry, but look at the dates and time. The number is going down.
The total number is calculated by adding together the numbers by categories. As the total number of the images is not available on DPC, there is no other way to get it that I know of.
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« on: May 20, 2014, 00:15 »
Recent changes in the number of images on DPC (Moscow time):
Date and time Images on DPC Change
20-05-2014 10:09:01 21,719,458 -7 163
20-05-2014 09:08:54 21,726,621 -7,736
20-05-2014 07:08:58 21,734,357 -2,379
20-05-2014 04:08:59 21,736,736 -542
20-05-2014 01:09:02 21,737,278 128
19-05-2014 23:09:02 21,737,150 -514
19-05-2014 20:09:00 21,737,664 165
19-05-2014 18:08:59 21,737,499 256
19-05-2014 15:09:00 21,737,243 -10,820
19-05-2014 13:08:56 21,748,063 -7,810
19-05-2014 12:08:56 21,755,873 -430
19-05-2014 11:08:56 21,756,303 -3,648
19-05-2014 10:08:56 21,759,951 -879
19-05-2014 08:08:59 21,760,830 -2,126
19-05-2014 05:08:59 21,762,956 -1,480
19-05-2014 02:09:06 21,764,436 -1,163
18-05-2014 23:09:02 21,765,599 -1,759
18-05-2014 22:08:53 21,767,358 -162
18-05-2014 20:09:00 21,767,520 -8,338
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« on: May 19, 2014, 13:30 »
From SS forum: I had came upon an interesting statistics concerning the DPC website:
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/dollarphotoclub.com
Two things to note. (1) Almost half visitors on the DPC at the moment are from the US. (2) 1.5% of visitors have came to the DPC website from Shutterstock. Good news for their wallets. Bad news for our Demands on Shutterstock...
So far it does not look too bad. But I do not want to look at this page in, say, half a year time... 'cause I have a bad feeling about all that.
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« on: May 18, 2014, 08:53 »
Changes in the number of images on DPC today (Moscow time):
Date and time Images on DPC Change
18-05-2014 17:09:01 21,775,858 -11,583
18-05-2014 14:09:00 21,787,441 5,016
18-05-2014 11:08:58 21,782,425 -1,795
18-05-2014 08:08:59 21,784,220 -909
18-05-2014 06:08:58 21,785,129 -1,033
18-05-2014 05:08:53 21,786,162 -558
18-05-2014 03:09:00 21,786,720 -1,297
18-05-2014 01:08:56 21,788,017 1,679
18-05-2014 00:09:00 21,786,338 -289
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« on: May 18, 2014, 02:36 »
We need money and a good lawyer. I still dont understand that non of the agencies have ever been sued for all the malpractice we have seen over the years. I think it takes one good court case to hang one of these agencies to stop the rest from exploiting us once and for all.
I think the necessary funds could be raised through crowdsourcing. If each of us contributed a small amount, the total amount might be more than enough to hire a lawyer.
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« on: May 16, 2014, 10:37 »
Jo Ann, I am not a native speaker, but I think this is great. Thank you, I just love your texts 
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« on: May 16, 2014, 10:05 »
The image count is going up at DPC. It has been up every hour so far today. Forget going under 20 million, DPC will be back over 22 million images by the start of next week.
I think it's worth comparing the numbers to those of Fotolia. For example:
On Fotolia: 16-05-2014 17:04:00 28 237 357 12 677
On DPC: 16-05-2014 17:08:58 21 747 761 3 551
These could easily be images of contributors who don't know anything about the club or the button.
(Don't know how long it takes for Fotolia to add new images to DPC - maybe the last DPC change correlates with the previous change on Fotolia.)
Interesting.
Suppose those 3551 are the files of 1 contributor who opted back in.
That would mean that NOT ONE image of the 12677 new Fotolia files got into DPC ... so every submitter of the last hour has opted out?
Embermike, I would call that a success, not a lost battle ...
Well, no, not necessarily I am not sure how much time it takes to get images from Fotolia to DPC. For all I know these 12677 could be there in an hour or two.
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« on: May 16, 2014, 09:48 »
The image count is going up at DPC. It has been up every hour so far today. Forget going under 20 million, DPC will be back over 22 million images by the start of next week.
I think it's worth comparing the numbers to those of Fotolia. For example: On Fotolia: 16-05-2014 17:04:00 28 237 357 12 677 On DPC: 16-05-2014 17:08:58 21 747 761 3 551 These could easily be images of contributors who don't know anything about the club or the button. (Don't know how long it takes for Fotolia to add new images to DPC - maybe the last DPC change correlates with the previous change on Fotolia.)
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« on: May 16, 2014, 04:03 »
ArtesiaWells, only you can decide what is right for you.
Just wanted to say that there's no need to wait for a minimum payout amount - if you're closing your account before reaching the minimum amount, you get your earnings minus 1$ (Fotolia's commission in such cases).
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« on: May 12, 2014, 07:42 »
1. Svetlana (i have no idea who you are), can you please show people here the pictures you used as boycott advertisement? then everyone will see why i called it circus.
2. what i'm still trying to convince people is please check the background of "leaders" of this "boycott". don't be manipulated by WAREZ people. make your own business decisions. don't be a "herd" for those who wants to be sheppards now.
1) No pictures were used for the boycott, Lev. Some contributors made some pictures, but they were only expressing their own feelings. I do not think the boycott needed to be advertized, btw. Many contributors felt strongly about this move by Fotolia behind their backs and many still do. You do not need advertizing for such things (as opposed to things like DPC - they do need advertizing, indeed). 2) How are the contributors manipulated, if I may ask? We all make our own decisions. If I think DPC is bad for me as a contributor, I sign the petition and opt out of DPC (actually, I deleted all my works from Fotolia). What possible manipulation should I expect from anyone? I make my own decisions, you make yours. I think it's fair that people know about DPC, you think they'd better shut up and let Fotolia do whatever it wants to do.
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« on: May 12, 2014, 07:24 »
Is there some reasone warez people would want photos removed from DPC? I don't understand why anyone would support warez and be bothered about DPC. Perhaps someone can explain what all this means.
I can explain many things about Dolgachev and his targets, i think i can write detailed desription of his behavior and behavior of some russian-community admin later. Also i'm NOT a warez people. Please, read previous posts carefully.
go for it, sure. people know me and people know who i am. the only thing you can "explain" is your theory i'm afraid to lose audience from my forum. which is ridiculous as my forum is not nearly "alive" for years now.
can you please go back to subject and tell us a bit about YOU instead? what is the "fileshare" you're working for and convinced people to upload their works to?
Your forum has nothing to do with it, Lev, and you know it. What you tried to do on another forum was convince people that boycotting Fotolia was unnecessary and stupid. You called the boycott "a circus" and overall showed your contempt for the initiative. You made it clear you regard the majority of the community as a bunch of "amateurs" (you didn't use the actual word but it was clear what you meant). When some people tried to have a discussion with you and made some comments about your possible interest in this (seeing that you're rarely seen on forums and in this case your participation was really an active one), such comments were deleted and such people got a warning from the forum administration. It's worth mentioning that the comments were not aggressive or offensive in any way. Yet it seems they somehow struck a nerve.
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« on: May 11, 2014, 23:28 »
Great! Can you explain what is stockalliance.org ? Thx
Initially, the creator of the website planned to provide a simple "alarm button" service, where contributors who want to be notified if something like DPC "happens" can leave their e-mail addresses. Then he decided to add more useful features, so at the moment there are some statistics and a small forum, and there will be more (for the moment only in Russian, but in the future the site will be translated into some other languages). I guess I'd better just quote the "About the project" page. About the project StockAlliance services aim at uniting all the contributors of the world into a unified network for notifying and informing, while providing various services to make their work more convenient. StockAlliance services include: IDLast.info - a service for defining the time when the uploaded works are being processed by Shutterstock.com and using the technique for uploading one file to "reserve a place in the queue" and then uploading the rest of the files just before the first file is to be processed by SS inspectors (so that the other files have newer ids and appear higher in search results). StockAlliance forum - a place where any microstock-related and other topics can be freely discussed. "Alarm Button" service (in development) - for urgently informing all the participants about unexpected events Stockalliance.org (in development) - a description and news of microstocks, analytics, test purchase operations and much more.
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« on: May 08, 2014, 09:57 »
As far as I understand Fotolia is a US company, so they're not so much worried about the European laws, I guess.
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« on: May 03, 2014, 21:22 »
Not sure if I may give links to other forums here (if not, I'll remove it at once), but I believe this post is straight to the point. It won't be anyone's 2nd agency (or 3rd or 30th) if DPC succeeds. That's the big threat here. DPC is the new FT, that's the product they are pushing, that's where they want people to buy images. They're advertising DPC right on the FT homepage (in some markets at least).
I've deleted 1/3 of my portfolio from FT. I suspect I'll be totally gone from there shortly, as it seems pretty unlikely that FT will change course with DPC any time soon. They're pushing this thing too hard, no way they will go back on it now.
DPC is the future for FT, and by staying with FT we're just helping them fund the growth of DPC.
That's the genius of this whole thing. DPC has been thought of before, but no one could pull it off from scratch. Who would contribute images to such a thing? So instead, they build it from the existing FT collection, launch it without letting anyone know about it, and funding the growth, marketing, and future development of it on the continued income from FT until DPC outgrows FT.
That's why they even offered an opt-out. It doesn't matter if you opt-out. FT can fund the growth of DPC via FT. Opting out shrinks the DPC collection, but staying with FT still supports DPC.
The end result, if they succeed in this, is to beat everyone, including SS, and completely disrupt the market. DPC is a game-changer, folks. No doubt about it.
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« on: May 03, 2014, 04:29 »
stocked, luissantos84, thank you, so it's as I thought.
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« on: May 03, 2014, 04:01 »
Hello,
We are having a discussion on a Russian forum and I thought I'd come here and ask this question: was any of the contributors here actually notified by FT about the DPC project in January or around that time? I mean, before the petition?
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