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October 23, 2023
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Prolonged review times

  • October 23, 2023
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Is it just me, or have the review times for stock photos gotten really really long lately? It used to be maybe a week at most, but now some of my pictures have been waiting for over 23 days. I get that they want to make sure the pictures are good, but these long review times are causing problems for us contributors. It's affecting how we work and how much money we make.

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Correct answer Abambo
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Ive notice that Adobe writes that it can take up to 4 weeks on the review page, but maybe they just need to update that sentence.


By @Thomas002

That may be their final goal. They just updated that sentence from "a few days" to "four weeks".

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Abambo
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October 23, 2023

All waiting times got longer. Waiting time is between 4 weeks an 2 months. It's not affecting how much money you make. If you have assets, submit them regularily in small batches (it's better to submit one asset per day during a week than 7 in one time). If you have enough assets in the waiting queue, moderation will follow up with that.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Thomas002Author
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October 23, 2023

Thanks, but why do you think wait time can be as long as 2 months? Ive notice that Adobe writes that it can take up to 4 weeks on the review page, but maybe they just need to update that sentence.

Abambo
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October 23, 2023

Because accepting generative AI has put a lot of pressure on the moderation team. When before people submitted 10 assets at one time, they now submit 1000 at the same time spawn. That increased waiting time enormously. The waiting time has now been stabilized at 2 months max waiting time after submission, according to Adobe. Contributors are limited in their submit queue so that they can't have any more ten thousand or more assets waiting for moderation.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer