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Tim Pritlove, for example, (a podcaster) is making close to 2.000€ per month (chart and German blogpost: http://tim.geekheim.de/2011/04/14/ein-jahr-flattr/).
There is a similar service for Bitcoin that I am thinking about adding. That might be more interesting.
Tips identify content just by URL de-coupling content attribution from the authors claiming their tips. This also us to work for tipping content on YouTube, Flickr, and GitHub, etc. without requiring the site to be directly integrated with TipTheWeb.
Flattr is "failing" (failing as in, failing to gain substantial traction) because of lack of users. Notch (of Minecraft fame) used Flattr for a long time on his blog and he removed it because he made so very little off it, even though he has a very high traffic blog. They shot themselves in the foot when they launched the service: a "private beta". It was the most ridiculous idea ever , here is a service that NEEDS e…
In their defense, artificial scarcity can drive buzz for the product a lot, if done well. Also, a service that's not yet done can't afford to launch to the public, especially when there's money involved. Rather than think about launching in beta vs launching publicly, think about launching in beta vs launching much later. Which is the better choice?
HN could allow us to put a flattr link in our submissions. I've done it for my site, crickets so far... There is a similar service for Bitcoin that I am thinking about adding. That might be more interesting.
HN could allow us to put a flattr link in our submissions. I've done it for my site, crickets so far... There is a similar service for Bitcoin that I am thinking about adding. That might be more interesting.
To flattr the OP or HN? If it's the first one, that could be deeply controversial (see also: the squawk on Metafilter about the same thing).
Flattr is not rare on German sites and those who use it seem to be doing reasonably well if they are fairly well known. Tim Pritlove, for example, (a podcaster) is making close to 2.000€ per month (chart and German blogpost: http://tim.geekheim.de/2011/04/14/ein-jahr-flattr/ ).
TipTheWeb handles this chicken-egg problem: http://tiptheweb.org/ Tips identify content just by URL de-coupling content attribution from the authors claiming their tips. This also us to work for tipping content on YouTube, Flickr, and GitHub, etc. without requiring the site to be directly integrated with TipTheWeb.
What happens if I tip someone whose video, photo, or code gets taken down?
TipTheWeb handles this chicken-egg problem: http://tiptheweb.org/ Tips identify content just by URL de-coupling content attribution from the authors claiming their tips. This also us to work for tipping content on YouTube, Flickr, and GitHub, etc. without requiring the site to be directly integrated with TipTheWeb.
> This also us to work for tipping content on YouTube, Flickr, and GitHub, etc. without requiring the site to be directly integrated with TipTheWeb. What happens if I tip someone whose video, photo, or code gets taken down?
Flattr is not rare on German sites and those who use it seem to be doing reasonably well if they are fairly well known. Tim Pritlove, for example, (a podcaster) is making close to 2.000€ per month (chart and German blogpost: http://tim.geekheim.de/2011/04/14/ein-jahr-flattr/ ).
The european/american thousands separator always manages to confuse me for a second: "Two Euros a month? Who gives a crap?"
Why that is, I can only take a stab at: I guess we see a lot more from you guys on the other side of the pond than you see from us. :)
[1] Comma overload -- my English teacher would kill me.