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Cool. But what is flattr?
by grisha 16y ago
Cool. But what is flattr?
- mapleoin 16y agoI think the frontpage explains it well enough: http://flattr.com http://flattr.com
- cstuder 16y agoIt's a sort of micropayment service: You sign up and distribute a fixed amount of money per month (I.E. 10€). Everytime you click on a flattr-button (Which seem to shop up on german blogs only, in my experience), they will get a share. At the end of the month, your fixed amount divided by the number of shares is payed out to the sites. There are some implementation details which results into calling themselves a 'social payment service'.
- ugh 16y agoFlattr strangely seems to have taken off in Germany fairly quickly. And it seems to work. If you are a popular blog you already (with Flattr still being invite only until very recently) seem to be able to make between a few hundred and maybe a thousand Euro per month.
- joeyh 16y agoAnother area where it may be taking off is Free and Open Source Software. See http://raphaelhertzog.com/flattr-foss/ http://raphaelhertzog.com/flattr-foss/ ; dpkg is currently in the top 5 most flattrd things.
- tomjen3 16y agoWhich is worth pointing out - it is not a social payment service, it is a social donation service, since you get to view the content whether you pay or not.
- gawker 16y agoHmm. So what's the difference between using this and using Paypal for donations? Also, it's hoping that people will donate - if nobody cares to donate any money, would this mean the content creator gets zilch?
- tomjen3 16y agoThere wouldn't be much difference, but taking donations is only a small part of what paypal does. You can donate money with a credit card, but that is not what it is mostely used for. Flattr on the other hand, can only be used for donations, which means that it has little, if any value.