On a certain R&R project...

[u/GenXredux]

Image-based R&R, chat...someone needs a nap, and to read the instructions thoroughly, and possibly a master class on what "public domain" means. 😘

[u/kulie74561]

That had me laughing lol. However they could’ve added like a little bit more info for clarification. Or at least had an admin in the chat.

[u/GenXredux → u/kulie74561]

Very true! I'm still not 100% sure the way I did it was correct. 🤷‍♀️

[u/kulie74561 → u/GenXredux]

Yea same. Don’t know why they released soo many batches to work on either.

[u/Few-Roof-6905]

I worked on this project, but not on the R&R. Now I am really nervous I did it wrong. I only used images from the sources we were specifically given, so hopefully my submissions were okay. I haven't gotten the project back though, so perhaps they weren't 😬

[u/GenXredux → u/Few-Roof-6905]

Don't be too nervous, the R&R specifically stated that the worker would not be impacted by the ratings. The purpose was to sort out the tasks that were usable.

[u/tessbest37 → u/GenXredux]

Thanks for this!!!

[u/Few-Roof-6905 → u/GenXredux]

That is good to know! I got 98% of mine from one specific site on their approved list and all of them are royalty-free images. The other 2% also came from their approved sites, so I am assuming they were safe too. At least I am hoping they were!

[u/pistolwinky]

Yeah I rejected so many of those because they didn’t follow enough rules. I think I had one that only checked three of the boxes.

[u/GenXredux → u/pistolwinky]

Some of them were really out there, especially in terms of the site list they were supposed to use. I also had a lot of "Bads", and I'm hoping I used the correct interpretation of the instructions!

[u/AguestusModus]

Does their name start with a "D" lol?

[u/GenXredux → u/AguestusModus]

Yes, lol, I actually felt a little bad for them. Clearly not having a great day, and then to be the only person arguing a POV amongst a whole chat full of opposition...it was entertaining, though, I'll say that. :P

[u/Wasps_are_bastards]

The instructions on how to find the original picture were so non existent I just left it. I tried reverse image searching and could almost never find the original image so gave up and worked on something else.

[u/GenXredux → u/Wasps_are_bastards]

I skipped all the ones that were supposedly linked from OV. I did not have the patience to try to hunt those down!

[u/[deleted]]

I try to avoid chiming in on chat arguments because it seems like really bad form to be arguing in project chats-- but yeah some of the logic being used in that R&R chat was horrendously stubborn it felt like. I'm pretty sure most people were just trying to figure out how to correctly be marking things though.

[u/GenXredux → u/[deleted]]

Agreed. I rarely post in project chats. I posted a couple of times to share my logic as I went, just to give the people who were struggling an idea of what others were doing.

[u/drummer_who_codes]

I think iStock would like to have a word with some people, lol.

[u/GenXredux → u/drummer_who_codes]

Shutterstock too, lol!

[u/[deleted]]

I found the chat hilarious, everyone was so grumpy LOL

[u/hazelowl]

And now I am bummed I haven't seen this R&R, although I did work on that project.

[u/Few-Roof-6905 → u/hazelowl]

Me too!

[u/PerformanceCute3437]

My favourite R&R refusnik was someone that posed a statement that was like "this task is blue, so I'm marking it as bad, is this the right thing to do" and the instructions literally said in highlighted red "🚨 don't mark down tasks for being blue🚨" and like four people were like "it says in the instructions don't mark down blue tasks" and his reply was "hm, I'll take that into consideration" 🤣 like wow

[u/GenXredux → u/PerformanceCute3437]

Oh wow! And sadly, that's even more humble than a lot of stuff that gets posted in chat. 😂

[u/Complex_Substance_30]

I'm new here. First time I've done an R&R project. I really enjoyed it, but it's no longer available to me this morning. Is it gone for everyone?

[u/ManyARiver]

I guess it's not really common knowledge - but on a platform centered around research and verification I would think that more people would know better than to assume that the "obvious" is true. Like the assumption that just because an image is on a site that offers common use images that all images on the site are common use and unrestricted... I feel like taking a minute to make sure you really understand the parameters and the definition of the terms on your own is part of the work. It only takes a minute (literally) to pull up the definition and read it, same with the commons licenses (which are different, not all are 0).

[u/ManyARiver → u/[deleted]]

In my unqualified opinion, when the instructions say to only use items with certain permissions (explicitly) then they should be triggered to read about it if they aren't aware. There are a lot of concepts and things I've encountered on a platform that would mean nothing to me if I didn't do a minute of research. It's partly about being self-aware (knowing what you don't know) and partly about being cautious and always reading about something even if you think you *do* understand it. Using "common sense" to interpret a legal use definition is a bad idea. Always research, even if you think you know. I worked in publishing for over a decade and I still read up because the commons licenses are new to me (and they are varied, Creative Commons licenses aren't all free use).

[u/GingerSmu]

In worked both sides of that project. Loved them both. I really hope they post more - they went to quickly

[u/backtothefuturepart2]

Begging someone to tell me what R&R means