Design Community Up in Arms Over Huffington Post Logo Contest

Site asked designers to come up with new icon for free

The Huffington Post, which has been antagonizing writers and news outlets for years with its practice of not paying blog contributors and its aggressive aggregation strategy, can add another community to the list of the aggrieved. Graphic designers have come out en masse to attack the site due to a contest it launched in an attempt to get a Twitter icon done on the cheap. 

Earlier this month, HuffPost Politics invited designers to submit logos to “The Huffington Post Politics Icon Competition.”

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