I normally don't like to diss places, people or sites. But I'm done.

So I spent two months trying to improve my photography as well as gathering new content where I focus on capturing cars from many angles and focusing on the details people tend to overlook or not photograph. Basically the kind of stuff Autogespot does.

So I start posting about two weeks ago and they instantly start deleting my spots. I've posted there before, so I'm no newbie. I was just never consistent and eventually stopped focusing on getting tons of pics per car til recently. No proper reasoning is ever provided. I post at least 4 pictures, but mostly between 6 and 10. Different angles, etc. But somebody reports my picture and it gets removed... My SVR post got removed because "no full rear pictures" despite the fact that it was backed into a tight and full parking lot. I've seen similar situations where no rear/front pictures are provided and everyone is fine with it.

Yesterday I posted an orange Gallardo in the valet. I get it from good angles but because a porsche is so close to its rear I get a rear shot but part of it is blocked, only the quarter right part. 50mm problems. But it's a quality upload. Already annoyed with Autogespot, I make a description detailing why it shouldn't be removed because of no full rear picture.

Today, I get an email. Autogespot. "Your spot has been deleted" Reason (from reporter): "no full rear"
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And ofc there's no English forum section to file your complaints...

Done wasting my time there. I just don't even know why I do car photography anymore. The community is toxic, Instagram is directing focus from growing pages so I'm actually not progressing, and now Autogespot is not allowing me to post spots. This cr*p isn't worth it anymore. I'm wasting my time...

Not really, depends on how you take shots.

Tip: Try take lots of pictures with good quality on one car with different angles and positions like I do. Unlike exoticspotter.com, Autogespot actually allows full close-up shots for cars, even interiors.

And some cars that were not considered exotic in exoticspotter.com like the Lexus IS F, Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG, Ford Mustang GTs, etc. were allowed here.

Just look at these examples by me:

https://www.autogespot.com/koenigsegg-ccx/2018/02/04

https://www.autogespot.com/bugatti-veyron-164/2018/02/04

https://www.autogespot.com/ferrari-f12tdf/2018/01/20

https://www.autogespot.com/ferrari-488-gtb-2/2018/03/18

https://www.autogespot.com/ferrari-458-speciale/2018/03/04

https://www.autogespot.com/porsche-991-gt3-1/2018/03/04

https://www.autogespot.com/ford-mustang-gt-2015-3/2018/03/04

https://www.autogespot.com/lamborghini-aventador-lp720-4-roadster-50-anniversario/2018/02/26

https://www.autogespot.com/ferrari-458-speciale/2018/02/18

https://www.autogespot.com/ferrari-458-spider-2/2018/01/07

...um, I'm not sure you read the post correctly. I already do exactly as you say too. I've been visiting and occasionally uploading to Autogespot since 2012 so I'm very familiar with it. Most of my spots consist of 3-4 full car pictures and 6-7 close-ups or details. But apparently if the car is blocked from the front or rear and you struggle to get the full car in, they'll delete the whole spot. That's my problem. Quality isn't. Pretty sure I didn't spend money on a 50mm and an editing program to have quality be an issue.

There's also a chance someone might hate you (not accusing) and they start making false claims and reporting your spots.

And do you currently have spots on Autogespot? Also, what's your username there? I would like to see them and examine if it was AG worthy or not, then maybe give more tips to upload a spot there.

AG has some harsh members, I know, but you get used to it. I have 524 spots on it and I really enjoying uploading there.

If you're in a position where you can't get full rear or front, do something like this. Also, I saw your orange Gallardo post and personally, I think there was nothing wrong with it.

https://www.autogespot.com/audi-rs5-b8/2017/04/27

https://www.autogespot.com/tvr-cerbera-speed-six-mkii/2017/12/27

https://www.autogespot.com/lamborghini-huracan-lp640-4-performante/2018/02/24

https://www.autogespot.com/ferrari-f12berlinetta/2016/08/26

AG has some harsh members, I know, but you get used to it. I have 524 spots on it and I really enjoying uploading there.

If you're in a position where you can't get full rear or front, do something like this. Also, I saw your orange Gallardo post and personally, I think there was nothing wrong with it.

https://www.autogespot.com/audi-rs5-b8/2017/04/27

https://www.autogespot.com/tvr-cerbera-speed-six-mkii/2017/12/27

https://www.autogespot.com/lamborghini-huracan-lp640-4-performante/2018/02/24

https://www.autogespot.com/ferrari-f12berlinetta/2016/08/26

It'll definitely be easier when I get my hands on a 28mm. I do still get lots of details of the back if I can barely get a full rear picture. Just doesn't seem worth it for me to try and squeeze in a not so good full angle vs a better angle where the rear is partially blocked. I mean these posts go straight to Instagram and I try to use my best angles but it appears all Autogespot wants are tons of full body pictures as if people have never seen the car from every angle before even though there's typically 30 pages of the same type of car on their site. Not for me.

The inconsistency of quality on Autogespot is one of the reasons i stopped contributing to the website last year. I was fed-up of having gone to the lengths of editing my photos for the website, and all so that some 'person' could report the spot, and for it to be deleted. I had spots get deleted because of 'quality' issues, being that one admin didn't like how i edit the photos. Fine, i respect their opinion, however seeing as all the photos were clear and crisp anyway, why should that be a problem. You never knew if it was a moderator or user who reported the spot.

I uploaded a spot of a Maserati GranTurismo in London once, with them deleting the spot soon after. I found nothing wrong with the pictures, so uploaded it again. They deleted it. Rinse and Repeat. The 5th deletion report message stated: 'STOP UPLOADING OVEREDITED PHOTOS' or something along the lines of that, even though in my eyes, the photos were not overedited in the slightest. I've seen much worse looking photos on the website, that's for sure. I ignored the message, because i knew that the photos of this car were acceptable for Autogespot, and to piss off the moderators. I was banned for 5 days....

Jumping back 5 years ago, i was actually a writer for Autogespot, writing the articles they had on the front pages (as well as transcribing articles from Dutch to English). I spent quite a long time with doing that, so for them to re-pay me by banning me uploading spots, that was it... I would never upload any more spots onto the website, and I've stayed true to my words to this day. Besides, i was getting fed up of taking 10-20 photos of cars i see on the street anyway, especially stuff like BMW M4's, Bentleys and Porsche 911's, stuff which i see on a daily basis. One or two photos should suffice for me.

Of course, i still follow people's spots on the website (including some of your spots), plus use it for reference purposes too (i.e. if i have spotted an unknown 'tuner' supercar), however i have moved on from using that website to upload my content. I won't be going away from ES anytime soon though!

Autogespot is lame as hell. way too many damn rules. You basically can't do anything without getting your pics deleted for the dumbest reasons. (no full rear shot) are you kidding me smh...

Sounds like I'm not really missing anything on Autogespot lmao

I hate to fuel this fire again, but it just amazes me how @gregg and @eplusplus don't seem to be making any attempts at improving this site. To me, it seems like now is the best time to do so in a while. Why? First off, it seems as though Autogespot's users are having some issues with their uploading requirements. I'm not a member of the site, so I can't say this in all certainty, but this is the most talk there has been about AG on here in a while. Secondly, the new Instagram algorithm has just about wiped out all smaller pages' hopes for growth on IG.

Now might be a good time to grab some "market share" by making some improvements. A refreshed design, better upload quality, something. The benefits won't be that big of course, as IG still has active communities and ES is mainly for spotting cars in the wild, but now might be the time to at least get active members above 100 hopefully lol.

EDIT: I now see that Instagram may be changing their algorithm again so lol never mind. The window of opportunity has closed once again.

For some reason, it seems to be hard to get your foot in the door on Autogespot, for lack of a better term. I remember when I first started posting on there, some of my spots would get deleted out of the blue, and it was always frustrating when it happened, but I kept uploading until they seemed to accept me as a legit member of the site. What's irritating me right now is that not all of my photos that I include in a given upload are processed correctly, so on my last upload there were several missing shots that led me to delete the upload.

Agree with others though, ES is missing a golden opportunity to attract members who are frustrated with the way other sites are run. Maybe the admins have side jobs that require them to go around their office at 2 a.m. and flush the toilets? There are companies that actually employ people to do this.

I noticed that AG just redesigned their webpage, the new design is ugly and confusing as hell.

It's not the worst scenario yet that you've experienced. Earlier this month, a group dedicated to hate on me attempted hard to remove all my spots and ban me from AG, without giving any proper and stated reason. They even call my CCX spot as 'sh*t', and some other spots such as garbage, cr*p, makes me puke, spotted by an a***ole, and many more.

Lucky that another admin had erased the topic and ban them.

I agree, I'm not a big fan of the remake on AG.