My initial concern with Scoutzie was that there was no way to verify that these "mobile designers" had actually tried and tested their designs in production vs. using a PSD device template; no app store links, no product websites. I think that this is an important aspect of calling yourself a mobile designer because you're dealing with physical interactions on a tangible interface. I also made some suggestions to the UI and general "categories" designers would find themselves in. Despite what I felt was constructive criticism by someone in the field, I've actually avoided commenting in Scoutzie threads since then because Kirill thought it appropriate to respond to me by telling me I was just jealous I didn't get in because I was a bad designer.

He later apologized, but I bring this up only because the quality curation aspect previously spoken to is non-existent, even though that was supposed to be a selling point and something that set them apart from their competitors. I was excited about this because I feel that every other site in this market is oversaturated and makes it more difficult to connect designers to gigs. To the same point, both iterations of the website have been awful both in design and usability, losing my trust in the founders' abilities to curate to begin with.

Now that it seems anyone of any talent or skillset are allowed in, I don't see how it's any different than Dribbble, Behance, Coroflot, Zerply, 99designs, or even personal portfolios. I fail to see value in this site over any of the aforementioned, especially because you're taking part of my potential income (and planning on airing my personal rates) in the process. What is the benefit here?