Strongly disagree. For example, crowdsourcing logo design is a highly efficient and inexpensive way to get a professional logo. I know Stackoverflow.com's log

Strongly disagree. For example, crowdsourcing logo design is a highly efficient and inexpensive way to get a professional logo. I know Stackoverflow.com's logo was crowdsourced through . . . 99 designs, I think it was. It's a great logo, too. Same with offbeatearth.com. Whether designers like the author of this article like it or not, web-based competition (crowdsourcing sites) are reality. His little screenshot of the Xed-out $50 contests on a phpBB site isn't even accurate. Most design contest sites have professional sites (99designs, crowdspring, even logotournament, which I'd never heard of but which was mentioned in the comments) and awards that are much higher than $50.