[lwhi]

No. I'm not suggesting that all participants should be paid.

I'm suggesting that the model put forth by crowdsourcing is ill-thought out and unfair.

"[..] they should just suck it up and change. Like the world around them is."

I completely disagree. People who exploit others for their own personal gain should always be challenged.

[mfukar]

Since you're not referring to economic fairness, did you mean moral? I don't understand how crowdsourcing is immoral in that sense, or how does that constitute exploitation.

[lwhi]

If someone works for the chance to earn money, how can that be fair in _any_ sense?

[AjJi]

It can be fair, if he chooses to do it, no?

[mfukar]

Wow. You just invalidated startups (among other things) in a single sentence. Nice.

[lwhi]

Investing in your own idea is very different to working for someone else.