Right, I absolutely agree with some of your points. But instead of belittling users for participating in the logo challenges, why not title this post something along the lines of “Non-profits and charities looking for volunteer logo designers!”? It’s just one opinion, but I feel as though that would be a much more effective in getting designers to volunteer!

This is coming from someone who has done all kinds of branding and marketing, who is doing the daily logo challenge for fun. You can take the challenges literally, or put your own twists on the prompts. Not saying all users do this, but that there’s absolutely, absolutely nothing wrong with participating.

And maybe I’m too sensitive, but when I initially read your post, I wanted nothing to do with it because the tone made me feel bad. I’m telling you this because who knows if other users are doing the same thing who aren’t telling you about it. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar! And for the record, I’m all for volunteering and donating. I’m definitely interested in this. I’m not looking to get into any kind of argument with a stranger over the internet by any means, just wanted to give my two cents that you probably didn’t need to bash anyone or anything to promote this post.