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Where is Everybody?

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cobalt:
I check on this place several times a week, but I think a lot of the communication has moved into various facebook groups. So it is less centralised.

But in times of crisis, people still come here.

marthamarks:
I just looked at the chart on the right. The "Top Tier - Big 4" is down to 3… with the lowest of those being DT at 3.1.

Looks like the whole game is now between AS and SS. For those of us who took ourselves out of SS, the pickings left behind are pathetically slim.

Or, as somebody else said, not much motivation.

EDITED TO ADD (2 days later): the numbers on the chart have shifted. There now are an actual "Big 4" and DT has dropped to #6. This makes more sense. I'm actually glad to see that change.

k_t_g:
I think before the fall of SS when it became a literal circus, I was putting a bit too much energy in making clip art. I think it was the literal kick in the bootee that I needed to put more effort in other places. Like going back to working on books for people for one thing. In fact I got a contact from a previous author recently for yet another book project. But its now a bit delayed till after New Years. But that's common with her. No problems. I can accommodate. In the mean time I will improve my online ports and other things I have been meaning to do.  :)

Roscoe:
All of the reasons mentioned above. Shutterstock's holdup on contributor earnings, global pandemic, and a very quiet last months in terms of development with other agencies made many contributors apathic or just focusing on their own work. Feels like we are witnessing the silent death of a comatose patient. Many discussions are probably scattered around on  social media (which I don't use that frequently) or discussion boards in the native language of other contribution clusters, e.g. Russian.

The upcoming reset at Shutterstock in January will give us some juice again, but not in a good way, and probably nothing that hasn't been said already.

I wonder what became of the Stock Coalition. Many joined, a lot more didn't. If they are serious about what they are doing, January will give them a good momentum again to gain some traction. Their protest has my sympathy, but until now, it seems they didn't realize the impact they were hoping for. 

cathyslife:
I thought that one of the main reasons the Stock Coalition was formed was to help stop the race to the bottom with contributor royalties. They have been unable to negotiate better commissions for coalition members. Maybe because there just aren’t enough members yet. And it is very likely all the heavy hitters have negotiated deals privately, I would assume with nondisclosures. So they don’t need a coalition, therefore may not have joined. The coalition has made good strides in other areas, but bottom line the issue is money. I would be pleasantly surprised if they were able to break through the agencies’ greed.

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