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Why Designers Hate Crowdsourcing

Posted by timothy on from the but-I-almost-coulda-done-that dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Since Wired's Jeff Howe coined the term in 2006, 'crowdsourcing' has been a buzzword in the tech industry, and a business model on the rise. 99designs.com is a site that hosts design contests for small businesses requiring relatively smaller design projects. Anyone can submit their near finished pieces of work to the contests, but only one winner gets paid. Forbes covers just why established graphic designers are so angry at this business model's catching on."

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  1. Re:Quote: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    You're not a professional designer, are you? Lots of established designers will not get involved with speculative pitches because working for no money is just stupid. Yes, you can be pitted against other designers but your portfolio, and contact with the client to see if you get along, should be enough. It's normally only those designers who don't have a track record that are prepared to work for no money. When I was starting out I used a few speculative pitches to build my portfolio but now I wouldn't consider that.

  2. Re:Stop Working for Content Mills (Good Luck...) by twidarkling · · Score: 5, Informative

    I was right there with you, until A WILD DICTIONARY APPEARS:
    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/niggardly
    1. reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
    2. meanly or ungenerously small or scanty

    Origin:
    1520–30

    Whereas the word you object to has origins of 1640–50 ( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nigger )

    So, how's that foot tasting?

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