Former_Poster Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 So can anyone from support explain what this new search option is and how it affects contributors? What on earth is "Only authentic" ? What process decides if an image is authentic or not? Artificial Stupidity? Reviewers that give rejections as "Silver Halide dust"? It produces different results when clicked but no explanation at all as to what. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Emmily Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I also wonder what it is ? Link to post Share on other sites
Studio 2 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 A few dictionary definitions: 'being what it is claimed to be; genuine: ' 'If something is authentic, it is real, true, or what people say it is': 'Of undisputed origin and not a copy; genuine'. For literal people like myself, that's what it means to me. For example, if I upload a genuine 1930's photo to a site 'authentic' is one of my keywords. Buy in any case, as far as I am concerned, all of my images fit the categories above. However, in the world of Sstock, who knows? I only know that it's not in any of my keywords on Sstock - I wonder whether its lack as a keyword would detrimentally affect the finding of images by buyers. I would love to know how Sstock has managed to separate the 'authentic' images from the 'inauthentic'. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Studio 2 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Here's a question: If you have a plastic duck photo on Sstock, is it: a) 'inauthentic' because it is not a real duck or b) 'authentic' because it is a real plastic duck? That said, I assume this term is actually much more applicable to, and aimed at, modelled lifestyle images (which essentially aren't actually authentic if they are using models) ... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Former_Poster Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 Would be nice to know (i) what authentic means here and (ii) who/what decides it. I did wonder if it could refer to photoshopped images but on some areas i know, toggling authentic ON, the top images are ones i know are photoshopped (because i know the person who made them). Would be nice if SS actually bothered telling contributors about new search filters so they'd know and can act accordingly. I really hope they haven't employed the Artificial Stupidity to decide what photos are authentic or not. You know, the same system that wants a model release for clouds or a tattoo release for wooden piers... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
stevemart Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Well spotted, Bruce! (sorry for the Monty Python)....but WTF??? Here's my non-authentic pic of a cow!...............(on a dairy door...do not park on the cow's udders because you may be run over by the milkman).🙄 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Alexandre Rotenberg Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Post your "authentic pics", here's mine...could be a metaphor for contributors in 2021: 2 Link to post Share on other sites
HodagMedia Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Sure thing @Alexandre Rotenberg very authentic breakfast, cold pizza, morning after. Link to post Share on other sites
stevemart Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Looking at the difference between 'only authentic' and 'not' it seems to me to be an excellent way of confusing buyers. The difference in what you get served up by clicking on 'only authentic' seems nonsensical. If I do it for 'duck', I first get mostly pics of live ducks + a few plastic bath ducks and and with 'only authentic', I get live ducks + cooked and sliced duck straight out th' oven + one plastic bath duck. Seems a bit ducky daft to me! 🙃 Link to post Share on other sites
blvdone Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 They should have "Only Real People" button too. Link to post Share on other sites
Wilm Ihlenfeld Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Hmmm... I don't have an authentic filter button. Link to post Share on other sites
Former_Poster Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 Maybe its English only? Try changing to the EN instead of DE and see it it shows. Link to post Share on other sites
Wilm Ihlenfeld Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 12 minutes ago, Former_Poster said: Maybe its English only? Try changing to the EN instead of DE and see it it shows. Would have been a good explanation. But the button still doesn't appear. I feel a bit discriminated. Now I can't use this fantastic search option. Link to post Share on other sites
Sari ONeal Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Wilm, I don't have it either. Link to post Share on other sites
stevemart Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 If I go to De site (from NL) and search for 'ente' then I still get it. Puzzling. Link to post Share on other sites
Kelly Ermis Posted Tuesday at 04:46 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:46 AM I don't have it either, but from the image above it is marked Beta so seems they are still testing it, and not everyone would get it. But makes you wonder what the results of the tests could mean if no one knows how to use it or what it does. Link to post Share on other sites
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