Something about quality issues

[Alexander_Yurgelenas5010]

The other day, my image was rejected due to quality issues. It would have been fine, but it took them almost six months to make that decision. Are there quality issues? Perhaps. No image is perfect, so you can always find something to nitpick. The only strange thing is that it took so long.

[daniellei4510]

There is a bug, and there have been cases where some contributors have been waiting 8 months or longer. One work-around is to delete any assets that have been under the review tab for longer than three or four months, then resubmit them with new file names, thus getting them treated as new files altogether. If you DON'T change the file name, as I've learned, they will usually just end up at the bottom of the queue again. That said, I just had an asset reviewed that had been under review for most likely a period of nearly 8 or 9 months. It was rejected for quality issues. I didn't bother resubmitting it, since it was similar to other assets that were being rejected for similar content (unfairly, in my opinion, but that's another story). At least with quality rejections, I'm given some recourse to examine an asset more closely before resubmitting. But I digress. Apparently, even older assets will EVENTUALLY be reviewed without having to resubmit if one is patient enough.

[Nancy OShea]

Sometimes it happens.  Assets get stuck in limbo for a long time. 

If after 3 months it's not reviewed, delete the asset, rename the file and resubmit.  

Hope that helps. 

[Alexander_Yurgelenas5010]

Lately, I've been having a hard time posting anything on Adobe Stock. Everything gets rejected. If there are no quality issues, they use "similar" ones. And these are original works of art that are readily accepted elsewhere. Meanwhile, among the stock images, I see a lot of completely passable ones that I would never buy myself. What's the reason? Either my ratings are too low, or Adobe Stock is drowning in an avalanche of content. Yes, I understand that this is partly true, and I sympathize with them. But at the same time, they leave me without the slightest chance. It makes me think of the mafia, although I don't want to believe it. But I think something is not working as it should.

[Jill_C]

Adobe modified their reviewing practices earlier this year which resulted in a significant increase in both quality and similars rejects. It is widely assumed in the Contributor community that they're now using AI for at least part of the process and that at least some of the rejects are unjustified. Along with the weekly limit on submissions, it is clear that their goal is to slow down the rate of growth of the database. Unfortunately, this appears to be the "new normal", and there's not much we can do about it.

[Alexander_Yurgelenas5010]

They might as well just close the door entirely. That would be more honest. They're probably already doing well and don't need anything else. But I don't see the point in us continuing to batter our heads against the wall. Ultimately, they'll get what they want. But wasting our energy is definitely not worth it.