Same type work muscular-themed artwork

[Vision350771902ejx]

I found this person who has similar muscular-type assets, and not just 5, not just 10—all their pages are filled with the same type of muscular-themed artwork, like a Muscular Duck-Human Hybrid with an Intense Stare. I don’t understand anything anymore. Shouldn't there be a limit to how many similar images you can upload? On Adobe's page, it says you're not allowed to upload more than 3, though sometimes I also upload more, within reason. Who knows how many other people like this are flooding the pages with the same type of content?

https://stock.adobe.com/ro/contributor/202391500/franz-rainer

Or maybe I’m not seeing things clearly, and those assets aren’t actually similar—maybe there are some differences between them, though I don’t really notice any… (maybe some have more abs than others). I guess that would count, I have no idea. Still, how long would it take to flood so many pages with the same type of content? I’m not allowed to upload more than 500 images (that’s my limit), and I’ve never uploaded 500 images of the same kind or with the same type of content.

[daniellei4510 · Accepted solution]

You're correct. This shouldn't happen. It will catch up to this contributor eventually, and they'll post here, saying, "My account was banned and I don't understand why." 

[Vision350771902ejx]

Unfortunately, a report button would have been useful. I don’t know if such a button existed before. Now it doesn’t, and there is no way to report people who upload similar assets of the same type. (If someone were to upload a muscular-themed asset, they wouldn’t stand a chance of selling anything from 5-10 such images because this person has 1,000 images with the same theme), which is not fair. Thus, if there were a database of muscular-themed images and a total of 10,000 such images uploaded, this person would own 10% of all the images uploaded by hundreds of users. I haven’t uploaded that many images from the same prompt, so everyone would have a chance to sell an image from the same set if everyone uploaded a more reasonable number of images. I’d say a maximum of 20 images from the same set and the same prompt would be fair. Now, the limit seems quite small to me—3 or 4 images—because a set of images could have up to 20, covering all angles and possible scenarios. (But in this case, it’s exaggerated since this person has all their pages filled with the same image.)

[daniellei4510]

I think 3-4 is plenty. In any event, his individual not only has similar images, but dozens that are virtually identical, right down to his last page. 

[Vision350771902ejx]

As with anything, there are people who will try to take advantage of the system. Who knows, maybe even the moderators are involved, knowingly accepting thousands of images uploaded in the same style. I came across this person by chance while searching, and I occasionally check people's portfolios—who knows how many others like this exist. (Adobe Stock has millions of users and tens of thousands of accounts.)

I have no idea how this works, but I’m not going to upload that many pages with the same image. Whoever wants to buy can choose from the few images I create, and if they find them, great—if not, that’s just how it is. I haven’t necessarily made a business out of this, but I like to think that I can always create something new that I haven’t done before. This year, I’d like to reach a portfolio of 10,000 AI-generated images.

I do this because I enjoy it, and I no longer care whether someone buys an image or not. I assume my account should be fine, considering that other people flood the pages with the same image. (And if it won’t be, I don’t care about that either.)

[daniellei4510 · Accepted solution]

I think it boils down to common sense. I probably have between 6 to 8 images of sourdough bread, done over time, but it's never the SAME loaf of bread, nor in the same setting. It can be on a kitchen table, a kitchen counter top, a dining room table, one by window light, one from the top-down, on the stove, in the stove, sliced, by itself, sitting along side other foods...the possiblities are at least just short of endless. Point is, there's a difference between the same SUBJECT in general and images that are virtually identical.

In any case, I noticed this contributor's 1st page finally gets away from muscular animals. Either they ran out of animals, or they started getting bored of doing the same thing over and over. Or they realised no one is searching for "muscular ducks in humanoid form" and knew it was time to move on. 😉 

[Vision350771902ejx]

Correct! At some point, he got tired of flooding the pages with the same image. People want variety—if they don’t need a muscular duck, they won’t buy it. Every person needs a different type of image.

This person probably hasn’t been banned yet because not many people are searching for a muscular duck. If you flooded the pages with something that is in high demand, you would probably get banned.

I upload gore (horror) images, and in the future, I hope to focus my channel solely on this. However, I always try to create something different—sometimes a vampire, sometimes a skull, in different poses or with different effects. I don’t know if anyone would search for or need something like this, but again, I don’t care about that either. I know I have common sense and have never tried to turn this into a business because I don’t think it would work.

I know that not many people focus on horror content, so you might have a chance to sell an image if it’s something more unique. Over time, you can become known if you consistently upload only horror content and focus solely on that.

[Abambo]

Who knows, maybe even the moderators are involved, knowingly accepting thousands of images uploaded in the same style

By @Vision350771902ejx

I doubt that they knowingly accept such assets, either negligently. There is only a report button for IP violations. But such buttons often get misused for personal vendettas.

[Abambo]

Unfortunately, a report button would have been useful. I don’t know if such a button existed before.

By @Vision350771902ejx

No, not with Adobe stock.

(If someone were to upload a muscular-themed asset, they wouldn’t stand a chance of selling anything from 5-10 such images because this person has 1,000 images with the same theme), which is not fair. Thus, if there were a database of muscular-themed images and a total of 10,000 such images uploaded, this person would own 10% of all the images uploaded by hundreds of users. I haven’t uploaded that many images from the same prompt, so everyone would have a chance to sell an image from the same set if everyone uploaded a more reasonable number of images. I’d say a maximum of 20 images from the same set and the same prompt would be fair.

By @Vision350771902ejx

This is not based on fairness, but on customer needs. If you are a customer, searching for a muscular rabbit, and you would not like this style, and you would get exclusively his stuff, you would complain. The search looks much more divers:

None of his assets are on the first pages, if I checked that correctly.

Now what stays: He's taking up moderator resources, by submitting massively this scrap.

[Vision350771902ejx]

I don't think the search works like that, although I would like it to work that way and provide diversity, not 100 identical images on the same page. You need to search with 'Muscular Rabbit-Human.' If you search for 'Muscular Rabbit,' those images won't show up. It depends on the keywords used for those images.

[Vision350771902ejx]

If you search for Muscular Anthropomorphic bear, you will find an image on the first page out of the 1200. He made fewer images with the bear than with the others; probably, the first page would have been flooded with his images. He also has an image on the first page in the search results for Muscular Anthropomorphic, with 21,000 images in the database. I suppose that out of 600-1000 identical images, at least one will make it to the first page of that set. And probably, at least one identical image will appear on any following page (page 2, page 3, and so on). I counted the number of images, and there are around 600 images of a single animal that are similar (almost identical), with the same title and the same keyword. The only difference is the muscular tone.

[jacquelingphoto2017]

Hi @Vision350771902ejx ,

There are slight difference with muscular tone and gesture. However, too much of a small difference not to be counted as similar. It beats me that these were accepted in the first place.  We are looking at hundreds of the same bird. Currently Adobe is removing duplicates, hence, I believe similar submissions will be considered in this exercise. There is a good chance that this account will be suspended. 

You continue to follow the guideline as you understand it being outlined by Adobe. That is the only way to keep your account safe.

Best wishes

Jacquelin 

[Vision350771902ejx]

I counted the number of images, and there are around 600 images of a single animal that are similar (almost identical), with the same title and the same keyword. The only difference is the muscular tone. With a simple search, those images can be found – 'Muscular Anthropomorphic,' 21,000 results, and, of course, on the first page, there is also one of his lucky images among hundreds of such images.

[Jill_C · Accepted solution]

This is an egregious violation of the guidelines, and this contributor is soon going to find out what happens when you do that....