Is it possible Getty iStock was having the same problem popping up so they disallowed changing keywords after uploading? SStock better do the same.
You would give up your rights and stop all of us from updating keywords, because of a minority that abuses the function. No way! I like to add new words to old files sometimes, especially when I see words being searched that I don't have in my files. I want to make more by being smart, not be locked in jail because somebody else breaks a rule.
I say block spammer accounts from search and tell them to fix titles and keywords, they will be unblocked. Everything will be fixed fast or they will be gone by their own inaction.
Don't punish me for what some fool does wrong.
I agree. But like I keep saying, their options are pretty severely limited by the size of their archive and the amount of new stuff pouring in. Who is going to find those offenders? Will SS pay people to sit and try endless keyword searches, tagging spammers as they go? Or to search 100 million images one at time? If a spammer gets told to clean up his act, are they going to re-inspect every one of his 10,000 images? And what if he comes back in a week and restores all the spam?
SS could conceivably add checks to their search code and maybe filter out spam results. But that's probably not nearly as simple as we think. And it would slow down the search, maybe by a lot - remember, the search starts out with 100 million to look at. Code to check the keywords for repetitions of every included word takes time to run.
Yes SS could do any of these things, or solve the problem in another way I'd never think of. My point is just that it would inevitably cost significant money and, apparently, they don't care enough to do it.
