Author Topic: Explain it to me, please, if you can! (Read 2908 times)

erik trikowich · « **on:** August 03, 2024, 09:36 »

I've been on stocks for a long time, it's even indecent to talk about it

I've seen, heard, understood and understood a lot. But lately strange things have been happening on Dreamstime, which I can't explain to myself.
1. Has anyone noticed that the output of your works in Google without logging into an account is one thing, and when you log into an account, it is different. That is, when you click on the "photos" or "illustrations" tab in your account, you see all your works. But when you find your work through Google and do the same procedure, you see that some works are not displayed.

2. Dreamstime says - we do not accept works made with the help of AI where there are realistic human faces. Ok! But suddenly I find an account in "Latest uploads", and not only, where there are a lot of works with realistic human faces. That is, it turns out that all contributors are not allowed to upload human faces, but especially close ones can. What is especially noteworthy is that the account was created in 2015. The number of accepted works is almost a million. Monthly uploads: 7000.

How to understand all this?

zeljkok · « **Reply #1 on:** August 03, 2024, 17:31 »

There are many other things there that make little sense there; total lack of QA, rigged photo contests, refusal to pay outstanding balance <100 if you close account ... list goes on. It's a shame because it was once great agency.

08stock08 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2024, 11:35 »

I started with DT as first agency. I struggled to get even single sale for very long time. Then I was approved at SS, IS and Fotolia and my first sale came at Fotolia. I realized I was digging at the wrong place to start with. or my luck wanted me to struggle. I still miss Fotolia.

erik trikowich · « **Reply #3 on:** August 07, 2024, 12:11 »

Quote from: zeljkok on August 03, 2024, 17:31

There are many other things there that make little sense there; total lack of QA, rigged photo contests, refusal to pay outstanding balance <100 if you close account ... list goes on. It's a shame because it was once great agency.

And if you wait until the amount for withdrawal runs up - withdraw the money and then close the account? In general, you are saying monstrous things. Personally, I have never had problems with withdrawal. The truth is that it sells catastrophically little - that's a fact.

DiscreetDuck · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2024, 13:16 »

Quote from: erik trikowich on August 07, 2024, 12:11

Quote from: zeljkok on August 03, 2024, 17:31
There are many other things there that make little sense there; total lack of QA, rigged photo contests, refusal to pay outstanding balance <100 if you close account ... list goes on. It's a shame because it was once great agency.

And if you wait until the amount for withdrawal runs up - withdraw the money and then close the account? In general, you are saying monstrous things. Personally, I have never had problems with withdrawal. The truth is that it sells catastrophically little - that's a fact.

No, that's YOUR fact

erik trikowich · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2024, 16:28 »

Quote from: DiscreetDuck on August 07, 2024, 13:16

Quote from: erik trikowich on August 07, 2024, 12:11
Quote from: zeljkok on August 03, 2024, 17:31
There are many other things there that make little sense there; total lack of QA, rigged photo contests, refusal to pay outstanding balance <100 if you close account ... list goes on. It's a shame because it was once great agency.

And if you wait until the amount for withdrawal runs up - withdraw the money and then close the account? In general, you are saying monstrous things. Personally, I have never had problems with withdrawal. The truth is that it sells catastrophically little - that's a fact.

No, that's YOUR fact

Oh, I get it, this is your portfolio of almost a million works and 7000 downloads a month, and many, many people crippled by AI?

DiscreetDuck · « **Reply #6 on:** August 08, 2024, 02:48 »

Quote from: erik trikowich on August 07, 2024, 16:28

Quote from: DiscreetDuck on August 07, 2024, 13:16
Quote from: erik trikowich on August 07, 2024, 12:11
Quote from: zeljkok on August 03, 2024, 17:31
There are many other things there that make little sense there; total lack of QA, rigged photo contests, refusal to pay outstanding balance <100 if you close account ... list goes on. It's a shame because it was once great agency.

And if you wait until the amount for withdrawal runs up - withdraw the money and then close the account? In general, you are saying monstrous things. Personally, I have never had problems with withdrawal. The truth is that it sells catastrophically little - that's a fact.

No, that's YOUR fact

Oh, I get it, this is your portfolio of almost a million works and 7000 downloads a month, and many, many people crippled by AI?

NO again

I NEVER did and I NEVER will use AI to produce an image (read history of my posts here

).
I work with Dreamstime since 2006, always was a good company. They still sell everyday (they are not dead, nothing compared to 123rf) for me and being very selective, I only have few thousands images.

erik trikowich · « **Reply #7 on:** August 11, 2024, 04:20 »

Quote from: DiscreetDuck on August 08, 2024, 02:48

NO again
I NEVER did and I NEVER will use AI to produce an image (read history of my posts here ).

I have nothing to do but review the history of your posts! Every day I am under bombardment and missile attacks from russian "brothers".

Oh-oh-oh ...
Don't say "Oop-p-p!" until you jump over

You, AI, are already using it - but you just don't notice it, or don't want to notice it. I won't go into details, I'll just say one thing - I've seen thousands of such categorical people as you in my life. For example, those who said I'll never switch to a computer, I'll always type with a mechanical typewriter

I can reassure you - AI won't neutralize you instantly! It will get to you slowly and unnoticed. And the most interesting thing is that you, without realizing it, will ask for more

Quote from: DiscreetDuck on August 08, 2024, 02:48

I work with Dreamstime since 2006, always was a good company. They still sell everyday (they are not dead, nothing compared to 123rf) for me and being very selective, I only have few thousands images.

I've also been on stocks since 2006, and I don't consider this an indicator at all. I started with "Bigstock". It also sold well. But then stupid, unfounded rejections and months-long checks began. So what? Bobik died! True, Dream also sold well at one time. And now the machinations have begun, a bunch of similarities and other troubles (read the posts above). You are doing well, well, I am very happy for you. I am doing badly, as are others! And this is not a good trend. Let's see how many successful Dream like you are here on the forum.

I am not a professional creator like you - I am an ordinary amateur and take pictures with a semi-professional camera. Now I don't even take pictures at all - the camera is broken. Maybe that's why I have such a difference with you. Time will judge us. And I have only about 3000 works.
I repeat, I am very happy for your success on Dream. It's just a pity that I don't know you so well and closely. Otherwise, I would have erected a monument to you, while you were alive, like they did to Brezhnev.

MZP · « **Reply #8 on:** August 20, 2024, 09:58 »

Quote from: erik trikowich on August 03, 2024, 09:36

Dreamstime says - we do not accept works made with the help of AI where there are realistic human faces. Ok! But suddenly I find an account in "Latest uploads", and not only, where there are a lot of works with realistic human faces.

Everything we submit to DT gets accepted almost instantly and, I'm sure, without any inspection at all. But it appears that someone does check the latest accepted files, because if they find [what they consider to be] non-compliant images, they will remove them eventually. It happened to me on two occasions (once with AI images, once with non-AI 3D renders) to have images rejected a couple of days after they were initially accepted, with the message "Refusal reason: This image was approved by accident and has to be removed". So it's most probable that the images you are talking about have already been removed.

Uncle Pete · « **Reply #9 on:** August 20, 2024, 10:42 »

Quote from: erik trikowich on August 03, 2024, 09:36

Has anyone noticed that the output of your works in Google without logging into an account is one thing, and when you log into an account, it is different. That is, when you click on the "photos" or "illustrations" tab in your account, you see all your works. But when you find your work through Google and do the same procedure, you see that some works are not displayed.

No I haven't seen this. I just did a search, not logged in, different browser and everything is there and the same when I looked at my account viewed as someone who was looking at it, or logged in as myself. All numbers and details are identical.