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iStockPhoto.com / Blast from the past
« on: March 27, 2011, 22:20 »
*sigh*

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=38036&messageid=551308

"But if the majority of members don't believe this is good for us all, well, that's all there is to it - we'll turn it off. Simple as that. Our community is the reason for our success, and we will not act against your wishes. "

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Vector Vetta rebellion
« on: March 23, 2011, 23:43 »
Here are some inspectors that are mainly vectors:

Jayesh, Borisz, vectorbomb, blindspot

However, I would imagine Istock would want inspectors that are good at both so that can inspect both.

@FreeTransform - Were you ever an inspector? You contribute a lot with the tutorials and are in the Illustrator Wow Books so I figured they would have scooped you up pretty quick. (Also, thanks for using my golfer in your silhouette tutorial. :))

Oops - forgot about those guys! And I've actually met two of them! :-[  Actually, I didn't know vectorbomb was an inspector. Do they not announce these things?

Nope, I have never inspected. I don't think people trade off between media, though.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Vector Vetta rebellion
« on: March 23, 2011, 22:40 »
It's too bad that it's so dangerous for badges to speak up

It occurred to me that there are no "vector admins" who concentrate solely on vectors. Bortonia's portfolio is 12% photos. Colonel's is 19%. One third of Diane555's portfolio is photo and video. Chemc's is over 75% photos.

And what about the inspectors? PinkTag has twice as many photos as vectors.  mrroboto's portfolio contains 27 vectors, the most recent of which was uploaded in 2007. samposnick's portfolio of 122 is all vectors (woot!)  o-che has mostly vectors, but her photos are mostly Vetta. I can't think of/don't know of any other vector inspectors.

I understand that to be an admin or good inspector you don't necessarily have to be a prolific illustrator, but can you imagine some of the big-name photo admins/inspectors having that many vectors in their portfolios? Neither can I.

This makes me wonder if they are fully invested in the future of vector at iS.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Vector Vetta rebellion
« on: March 22, 2011, 12:43 »
Yeah, the video (and now vector) contributors crunched the numbers and it's not worth it. Especially since buyers who are purchasing Vettas will have had to buy a larger credit pack, which puts the individual credit price lower, so in some instances, it's only a few dollars more for the contributor.

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iStockPhoto.com / Vector Vetta rebellion
« on: March 21, 2011, 12:23 »
In case you missed it,

nico_blue leading the charge for a video-style mass opt-out of Vetta:

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=314922&page=1

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Black Thursday
« on: March 21, 2011, 12:19 »
Interesting that your avatar seemed to be deployed one minute and gone the next.
Yeah, things did not go as planned, because they moved the conference call to Thursday, and I thought I should have my regular avatar displayed when I was in the Discussion forum talking about it.

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So do you know who else - you, Sean and ??
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Nope. I haven't signed the NDA yet, so that's the truth  ;)

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I'll state in again, only this could happen in Canada. What a bunch of amateurs. They cannot even get the wording of an NDA. What possible hope do they have in stopping the theft of our copyrighted IPR's?[/i]
Don't be hatin' on Canada :)

Hey, it wasn't me, I was just reposting. I love you guys. :)

Actually, I'm not Canadian, just a Canuckophile  :P  I live in a border state, though (Washington). I'm on the call and it will be 7 AM my time yikes.

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I'll state in again, only this could happen in Canada. What a bunch of amateurs. They cannot even get the wording of an NDA. What possible hope do they have in stopping the theft of our copyrighted IPR's?[/i]
Don't be hatin' on Canada :)

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Black Thursday
« on: March 15, 2011, 15:05 »
Good idea, though - not sure how many people will catch on if it's only announced here.

The "Opt Out" avatar caught on pretty quickly. And they might have even had some effect on policy. Which these won't, I realize. But it's just something to do out of frustration. :(

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Black Thursday
« on: March 14, 2011, 23:53 »
Make your own! With your existing avatar.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Black Thursday
« on: March 14, 2011, 23:32 »
Uploaded and ready.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Black Thursday
« on: March 14, 2011, 23:24 »
I like that. Angled, or straight across? The straight across works best for mine, I think.


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iStockPhoto.com / Black Thursday
« on: March 14, 2011, 21:54 »
Thinking of changing my avatar for Thursday's clawback. What do you think? An all-black square?

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Can I just say I love how many new IS people have come on over!
I've looked at this forum a handful of times over the years, but have not felt compelled to register and post until now.

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I've nothing against that, but in the context of the fraud, which I believe is all the conference call is about, I don't think it's vitally important. I'm not even sure whether the (top) Vector/Video/Audio/Flash contributors were affected proportionately to the (top) photographers by the fraud (?)
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Oh, we vector contributors were affected, believe me.  :'(

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