Hello @cliffblank, we value your opinion. We like to create various incentives for the users to interact with the blockchain and get rewarded along the way, the designs we are willing to pay for are to be used inside the Steem network. We get a facelift, someone makes 50 Steem. In no way, we want to mislead people into working for free. We understand that the lack of deadline is a bit of a downer, but we rather give more time to more designers for their submissions and have more options. For a free vote add #artshares to your posts.