Quote from: cathyslife on August 11, 2020, 11:37

Quote from: Clair Voyant on August 11, 2020, 11:27

Quote from: Cobra on August 11, 2020, 08:14

"I particularly love the folks who love calling those of us who have been in microstock for 15+ years �clueless old timers.�

I am clueless but not too old yet 

Sort of like the cool kids of microstock trash talked about us 'trads' 15 years ago?

And yet here you are, a �trad�, on a microstock forum. Just like all the other �trads.� Can�t be all bad, can it? I bet you�ve taken your fair share of money from low life microstock sites, right? 

Looks to me you so very much missed the point.

Nope got it loud and clear.   

Quote from: cathyslife on August 10, 2020, 20:40

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  but I do know a lot more then you do.     

Apparently not, or you would know it should be �but I do know a lot more THAN (not then) you do. 😂

Wow Cathy, you too? that surprises me. I expect nothing less from the usual trolls in here but you joining them and having a go at me as well? I thought you were one of the good people here like Jo Ann.
We all do what we do best...

I'll make more room for the trolls and better educated people by removing myself.

Thanks Tyler for having this available to us contributors. Like I said before many of us would be in the dark if it wasn't for this forum. I don't know what I was thinking though joining the discussions because I knew it would turn out like this. This is exactly why many stick to reading instead of posting. Lesson learned 

To all contributors, best of luck in everything you do, we're all in this together (most of us anyway) and stay safe!

LOL people can dish it out, but when a grammar error is pointed out, they leave. He�s over there ragging on farbled, but for some reason, he thinks I shouldn�t be able to jump in. How many times have I been on the butt end of the bullies here? Too many to count. And look, he even got a +1 for his knockdown of me. You need a thick skin to be in this forum. I don�t stay because of all the great friendships I hope to make, though there are some decent, intelligent, talented people here. I only stay because I still sell images. Otherwise, why stick around for all the abuse?

I particularly love the folks who love calling those of us who have been in microstock for 15+ years �clueless old timers.� LOL

  Yeah, that's it, the judge was paid off.       

You say that like it never happens. 

Here is an alternative view

https://theconversation.com/b-corp-certification-wont-guarantee-companies-really-care-for-people-planet-and-profit-124459

Yeah, all it takes is money. �B Corp certification is available to for-profit companies that apply to B Lab, a non-global profit organisation, and pay for it.�

Kind of like the FDA approving every harmful drug out there, under the guise of �helping mankind.�

If Adobe gets enough partners to implement this it will be really beneficial on many levels but as content creators for sure it is a welcome feature.
I think this is the most exciting thing created by Adobe in a long time.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/6972974550/adobe-reveals-how-its-cai-digital-content-attribution-system-will-work

Basically blockchain?

Excellent work! Thanks.

Quote from: cathyslife on July 31, 2020, 12:44

Quote from: Josephine on July 31, 2020, 11:53

Selling illustrations is perfect for people who depend on a wheelchair, who have no voice, who cannot hear, who have mental problems and so on, it�s a big big chance for them and part of their daily therapy to be accepted by the society.
By the way, the term "underdeveloped country" is politically not correct.

You should know by now that this isn�t a PC-kinda forum. 😀

not funny -- trump has made all sorts of rude, obscene, racist, sexist, etc behavior more frequent and it needs to be called out

Is Trump on this forum? 🙄 You are bound and determined to compare me to Trump. LOL. I hate him as much as you do.


I think you also imagine that if you insult me enough, I�ll leave. Not happening. I am no more rude than you and a lot of others here. Give it up.

If you go to the top of this thread, you can see some trolling going on. Just to bring the conversation back around to the topic. Speaking of trolls, I gotta stop feeding you.

Over the years, I worked for 2 or 3 companies that ended up in trouble. You start to recognize the signs. They get rid of the bottled water cooler, no more free popcorn in the employees lounge, etc. Layoffs.  Then on payday everyone rushes to the bank to cash their checks before the money runs out. The final straw is when you get to work in the morning, and the doors are locked because rent hasn�t been paid for months. And yet top management still lives the life of luxury. Sigh.  I generally don�t wish ill will on people, but I really hope this happens to SS. Except the only ones who will pay are the honest-working employees. Oringer et al have squirreled away their billions, so what do they care.

You could contact support and ask. Mat�s on vacation, I think, or he would probably chime in.

Today I had a sale for 2.96 although my pictures are permanently deactivated since 1.6. ... unbelievable!!!

If a client used an image in a comp, yes, SS will sell them the high rez, even if you have deactivated. It�s in the contributor agreement.

Quote from: uvox4 on July 29, 2020, 13:50

Got a 34c today for video. Makes the 60c one look good!

 

It's your own fault for leaving them online at SS while you already know for weeks they're selling for peanuts, so why complain here when you can also simply remove them?

Somethings better than nothing! That�s how they justify getting 10 cents royalties.

�stop speaking for everyone or for me, i dont need the money for the photos i am selling�

LOL and yet you point out that your earnings have dropped 90%. If you don�t care, why would you even know that? Come on, admit it, you just wanted to show me up, as usual. You clearly do care. 

But I do agree with your next to last paragraph. I have always done the same. By the way, I deleted my images off of SS, did you?

So now all microstockers are lazy? LOL  Stop speaking for me and all other microstockers. Some of us do/did all those other things you mentioned, you have no clue. You aren�t the only smart one here. 

I am living in a country with no social welfare benefits like unemployment money, food stamps or stimulus check like in America. The alternative would be begging in the streets.
I envy people who can quit SS and argue about their lost self-respect or wasted time, because they simply do not depend on the money from SS. In times of corona I do more than ever before.
I am self-reliant, I am self-employed, I am proud of me and I am getting the respect from my family and people around me. Ten US cents here might be more then 10 Dollars in rich countries. In my eyes protest against SS is as useless as anything. And I am wondering where this hate and ire comes from?
If people with provoking opinions are called TROLLs, I am one of them.

Everybody is struggling �in these times of corona�  whether they get unemployment or not. Does the country you live in have a lower cost of living than the US? I�m guessing yes. So everything is relative. And in the US, $1200 stimulus check doesn�t go very far when someone�s out of work. And unemployment might help, but it doesn�t pay the bills either.

Everyone SELLING photos needs the money they make; otherwise we�d all just give our photos away. Which is basically what you do at SS now.