Author Topic: Views (Read 4344 times)

heywoody · « **on:** September 10, 2013, 17:17 »

I have 6 files sitting there pending model release while I wait (and wait and wait) for a response from scout - how . are they getting views?

tickstock · « **Reply #1 on:** September 10, 2013, 17:20 »

heywoody · « **Reply #2 on:** September 10, 2013, 17:51 »

I thought only buyer views were counted?

tickstock · « **Reply #3 on:** September 10, 2013, 18:03 »

ShadySue · « **Reply #4 on:** September 10, 2013, 18:17 »

Quote from: tickstock on September 10, 2013, 18:03

I'm not sure about that but some of the inspectors could be buyers as well.

Isn't the case that only buyers who aren't contributors have their views count?
I did a forum search on 'Views', since I'm sure I've seen this clarified there, but the search is so useless and the site so slow, I haven't tried beyond the old or irrelevant posts on the first page of the search results.

KarenH · « **Reply #5 on:** September 10, 2013, 20:10 »

Quote from: heywoody on September 10, 2013, 17:51

I thought only buyer views were counted?

Contributors views are counting -- I don't think they're supposed to, but they do.

Uncle Pete · « **Reply #6 on:** September 10, 2013, 20:26 »

Quote from: heywoody on September 10, 2013, 17:17

I have 6 files sitting there pending model release while I wait (and wait and wait) for a response from scout - how . are they getting views?

Post a link, we'll have 50 people go look and see what happens.

gillian vann · « **Reply #7 on:** September 10, 2013, 22:37 »

^ perfect. much faster than asking iStock (and then analysing the response for truth Vs spin)

mikevideos · « **Reply #8 on:** September 11, 2013, 14:25 »

It's someone from your creative network
Creative Network Recent Uploads - Greasemonkey Script
http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=342093&page=1 [nofollow]

ShadySue · « **Reply #9 on:** September 11, 2013, 14:58 »

Quote from: mikevideos on September 11, 2013, 14:25

It's someone from your creative network
Creative Network Recent Uploads - Greasemonkey Script
http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=342093&page=1

These posts are from early 2012. How do you know that still applies since the View system change of September 2013?

mikevideos · « **Reply #10 on:** September 11, 2013, 15:23 »

because I have a friend who sometimes comments on istock me my latest photos before they are published, which is possible because of this script, and its views are recorded

heywoody · « **Reply #11 on:** September 11, 2013, 16:51 »

Not sure I like that explanation - prefer to think it's just a bug in their view counter. These are not 'not published' images as they are languishing in a review queue so (should) not viewable except by IS or someone with my login credentials - the implication is that someone just needs a greasemonkey script to browse anything including financial info for anyone - also my creative network is on the small side

ShadySue · « **Reply #12 on:** September 16, 2013, 05:11 »

Quote from: mikevideos on September 11, 2013, 15:23

because I have a friend who sometimes comments on istock me my latest photos before they are published, which is possible because of this script, and its views are recorded

Apologies. A little experiment with one of my CN would seem to confirm this. He looked at one of my files which had only just come into my port, and I looked at one of his older files with no views. Both then recorded a view, which is unlikely to be coincidental.