[swombat]

That's a pretty shady approach for a VC firm. Do they deal with startups in this way too?

[trustfundbaby]

I wouldn't say its shady ... its just human nature to try and commoditize anything that costs money ... its up to designers to try and resist this ... plus you should be blaming the people that fall for it and are actively helping the (commoditization) process along.

[jkkramer]

In what way, specifically, is it shady? Is using a crowdsourced design service inherently shady?

[rhizome]

A nice word like "crowdsource" doesn't eliminate the exploitive aspects of this technique.

[gallerytungsten]

Yes.