Sudden Continuous Rejections on Adobe Stock – AI Tool Involved?

[arslan_2616]

Hi everyone, For the past three days, all my submitted photos on Adobe Stock have been getting rejected. I receive rejections every hour, with 2-3 photos or sometimes even 5-10 at once, and none of my images are getting accepted. I always follow Adobe’s submission guidelines and ensure high-quality content, so this sudden wave of rejections is quite confusing. Has anyone else experienced something similar recently? Also, I’m wondering if Adobe has implemented any AI-based review tool that might be causing this? Could this be an automated system issue, or has there been a change in the review process? Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[daniellei4510]

We can't be of much help without seeing a couple of the assets in questions if you want to post a couple. There have been no changes in the review process or introduction of automaticed AI that anyone is aware of.

[arslan_2616]

However, my issue seems quite unusual. For the past three days, my images have been getting rejected every minute or hour non-stop. So far, nearly 250 images have been rejected.

Previously, my images used to go through bulk review, where some would get accepted and some rejected. But this week, things have changed—every hour, I only receive rejections, with not a single acceptance. This is really frustrating and confusing

[daniellei4510]

The review process has been a little weird lately. I normally have about 5 to 8 assets reviewed per day. For the past few days, I've only been getting one or two. Same thing happened to me last month. Drip, drip, drip, and then 20+ or so reviewed in a couple of days. Difficult to say what's going on. 

[arslan_2616]

I’m really not sure what to do at this point. Yesterday, I had 1,004 photos in review, and now only 856 photos are left—meaning all the removed ones were rejected, with zero acceptances. This is really frustrating.

Should I continue submitting more photos, or would it be better to wait and see if this issue gets resolved? Also, would it be a good idea to delete all the remaining photos from review and resubmit later?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Abambo]

Should I continue submitting more photos, or would it be better to wait and see if this issue gets resolved? Also, would it be a good idea to delete all the remaining photos from review and resubmit later?

By arslan_2616

You should check the refusals for flaws that merit a refusal. Until now, 99.9% of all pictures I've seen here had their merited refusal. Only some were questionable, and I can remember of two photos (real photos), where I didn't really know what to say.

And please note: it is in Adobe's interest to accept assets, not to refuse them. Only if they have issues, it is in their interest to refuse them, as the first buyer would make a claim. Countless claims, and the buyer may take his business somewhere else.

[daniellei4510]

Photos or AI?

[arslan_2616]

Ai

[daniellei4510]

Then I can only suggest you post two or three of the rejections and we can take a look. It sounds like there might be some errors you aren't noticing. And it's not out of the question that earlier assets you've submitted that were accepted should not have been. It has happened.

[Arc Rajtar]

I have a similar complaint. Over the last 3-4 weeks significant percentage of pictures submitted by the undersigned were rejected. Too many! I may, reluctantly, accept with some decisions but the numbers are very suspicious while the quality of my pictures, I believe, remain sound. Also, the rejection decisions are suddenly massive and seem to follow a pattern... I hope these decisions are not made to eliminate competition...

[Abambo]

 I hope these decisions are not made to eliminate competition...

By Arc Rajtar

What competition? Adobe makes money if your asset is selected, and it makes money if your competitor's asset gets selected. They will lose money when they enter bad assets into their database. So the interest of Adobe is to accept as many assets they can. Not to refuse without merit.

Too many! I may, reluctantly, accept with some decisions but the numbers are very suspicious while the quality of my pictures, I believe, remain sound.

By Arc Rajtar

Whatever. There is nothing better than to provide proof. Publish one perfect asset that has been refused for quality issues.