convore.json/groups/design-1/would-love-your-2-cents/messages.json

[{"user_id": 30894, "stars": [], "topic_id": 21063, "date_created": 1303616420.5357029, "message": "Hmm this is the kind of spec work that gets AIGA members see red..", "group_id": 629, "id": 792825}, {"user_id": 19708, "stars": [], "topic_id": 21063, "date_created": 1303614238.538573, "message": "https://99designs.com/logo-design/vote-v2za0f  this is a web app that sends voice text & email messages with facts tips & encouragement to help smokers get momentum to quit smoking", "group_id": 629, "id": 792761}, {"user_id": 30894, "stars": [], "topic_id": 21063, "date_created": 1303616523.8307631, "message": "That said I like the #2's fonts", "group_id": 629, "id": 792829}, {"user_id": 19708, "stars": [], "topic_id": 21063, "date_created": 1303673123.017767, "message": "@natasha360 I had to go read the AIGA position on spec work http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/position-spec-work . Makes sense, indeed. What is the going rate for logo design? I can say that I have mixed feelings about this 99designs.com contest.", "group_id": 629, "id": 796263}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 21063, "date_created": 1303676327.227932, "message": "http://skorinc.us/brodyharper.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/nbc-biggest-loser-logo.jpg  -- squeeze effect like this.", "group_id": 629, "id": 796591}, {"user_id": 19708, "stars": [], "topic_id": 21063, "date_created": 1303673602.532949, "message": "Just saw this link in another thread http://www.no-spec.com  I wasn't familiar with this. Interesting... wonder if it would have stopped me from starting the 99designs contest had I seen it sooner. Either way, I still think there is some interest in the format of crowd-sourcing for the client. Maybe there's room for a better way to run crowdsourcing which would better protect the designers. end of the day no one forced anyone to do spec work for my contest. Sorry just thinking out loud...", "group_id": 629, "id": 796315}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 21063, "date_created": 1303676298.884367, "message": "@jpwdesigns I like #2, but they all seem a bit flat to me. Not sure if its too kitchy, but I think it would be neat if the text had some \"squeeze\" effect with a drop or two coming from it.", "group_id": 629, "id": 796589}, {"user_id": 19708, "stars": [], "topic_id": 21063, "date_created": 1303701697.682107, "message": "Yeah none of them are perfect. #2 is nice but i'm concerned that it looks too much like a juice logo. Nothing visual to say anything about quiting smoking or how the app works. thats why i'm leaning towards the #1 at the moment. It needs some tweaking because it looks too washed out but at least it is a little edgy with the butt in the juice looking like a straw.", "group_id": 629, "id": 798507}, {"user_id": 30894, "stars": [], "topic_id": 21063, "date_created": 1303750424.3781409, "message": "@jpwdesigns  Boutique firms, 1 man shops you could get logo design for a few thousand dollars. A designer freind charges ~ $2K for upto 4 concepts. The 99designs army gets really cheaps a few hundred dollars. Good ones I have seen ~ $800 at 99designs", "group_id": 629, "id": 805042}, {"user_id": 19708, "stars": [], "topic_id": 21063, "date_created": 1303761024.068857, "message": "@natasha360 Yeah, thats a bit high for my bootstrap budget. Maybe for a re-brand once i find out if the product gets traction.", "group_id": 629, "id": 806544}, {"user_id": 29458, "stars": [{"date_created": 1304030735.039216, "user_id": 2841}], "topic_id": 21063, "date_created": 1303946861.5223341, "message": "I have had to explain to a few friends and close business contacts that holding a design contest is a sure way to get you black-listed in the design community (you know, the people that design for a living). The example that always seems to make sense to them is to suggest to a dozen lawyers that you want them to give you free law advice and then you are going with the one you like best... or not.", "group_id": 629, "id": 834057}, {"user_id": 19708, "stars": [], "topic_id": 21063, "date_created": 1303961323.707082, "message": "@paff yikes. thanks for the advice.", "group_id": 629, "id": 835954}, {"user_id": 2841, "stars": [], "topic_id": 21063, "date_created": 1304030780.1957791, "message": "I agree with @paff. However, not only can it get you black listed with designers, it can get you in legal trouble. There are a lot of contest entries that are just stolen ideas, concept, logos, etc. from other brands and companies.", "group_id": 629, "id": 848073}]