[trustfundbaby]

I actively hate Crowdsourcing of this nature ... but we shouldn't demonize people for asking for something ... especially when lucid adults respond favorably to their requests. This are just good old market forces at work ... and the market is trying to commoditize a product (the service of design).

What needs to happen is, the industry has resist that push.

Figure out how to make sure the people providing services in this industry understand their worth, how the effect of their participation in these competitions cheapens the industry, and heightens the expectations of customers to ridiculous levels (Show me a lawyer that'll participate in a crowdsourcing contest for their services)

I suspect that since that is a much harder task than flaming people who choose to crowdsource logos and website design though, that we'll just have more of the later.