If that's true, then it would really hack.
It's not enough abuse that eyewire used to play that stupid smack abe ad at the top of the i-us pages. (not the way to win friends and influence people)
Now these eye-wire people might be planning to nix the hosted content? Where did they come from? MetaCreations? Talk about killing the goose that laid the golden egg. . .
I do love the forums. The people here in the I-US forums are worth many treasures but I just can't see how eyewire could consider the content providers as unprofitable. (If unprofitability is the reason they are considering this move) What is the value of community respect and trust ?
I come to I-US for the forums and the content (xaraxone, photoshop guru, navworks, graphically speaking).
I have never been a customer of eyewire products. And in the near future (next three to six months), I can't say I'm feeling compelled to become an eyewire customer. If they bought i-us because they thought that we, as graphics professionals and graphics junkies, would buy from them in droves, then perhaps they should re-think their marketing strategies and seriously account for the needs of graphics professionals.
Perhaps a poll would better suit their marketing strategies.
<ul>Perhaps a poll with quesions like this[*]how much per year do you actually spend on clipart and stock photos?[*]how much per year do you prefer to spend on clipart and stock photos?[*]do you prefer to take your current stock of clipart and photos and make your own images from them?[*]do you spend most of your billable and/or free time making your own illustrations and photos?[*]do you only buy clipart and stock photos when you have an emergency or rushed deadline?[*]do you set aside a part of your annual budget for buying stock photos and clipart?[/list]
Do they think that we graphics professionals have unlimited budgets to spend on buying clipart and photos? It takes time to hunt for the right image. Add to that time, the money it costs to buy the photo or collection you want . . . the cost can get very expensive.
Sometimes, it's easier to just make your own images. That's what I think most of us get from these forums and from the content providers -- we learn how to make our own images. (aside from the output or tech support issues). So perhaps eyewire bought i-us with faulty expectations of what the visitors/customers are interested in buying.
Is this just some image issue that eyewire is playing with? (Don't they listen to the Sprite commercials? Image is nothing, thirst (for knowledge) is everything)
Does eyewire want to become a portal? what is their overarching goal? What benefit do they expect to gain by disrupting our happy i-us community in this manner?
What would it take to keep the content providers? Does this have to become a paid subscription site to allow the content providers to stay? Is a paid subscription a realistic alternative? Specifically, how much would I have to pay to keep the XaraXone?
I've already paid for a subscription to one of navworks' foundries. Do I still get my year subcription which I just paid for this month?
This is very bad news if it is true.
Eyewire better come clean with us -- and fast. I will not tolerate being strung along until November like some ignoramus. If they respect me or any of the rest of us vistors, I expect a clear and straightforward answer.
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