[Noisebridge-discuss] Flattr micropayment system - possible revenue for Noisebridge?

[Jacob Appelbaum]

On 08/14/2010 06:50 PM, John Magolske wrote:
> Anyone know about / have experience with the Flattr micropayment
> platform? It sounds quite interesting, and I was wondering if it
> could be a potential revenue stream for Noisebridge.

Yeah. Peter Sunde is one of the founders. It's a pretty cool system.

> 
> As I understand, it works like this:
> 
> * Sign up at http://flattr.com/register
> * Pay a minimum of €2 per month ($2.55 as of this writing).
> * When you see a web-page, site, "thing" that you'd like to donate to,
>   if it has a flattr button, click that button.
> * At the end of each month, the monthly amount you've paid is divided
>   by the total number of "things" you've flattred. Each (flattree?)
>   gets an equal portion, and Flattr gets 10% of incoming revenues.
> 
> Read more about it here:
> 
>   http://flattr.com/
>   http://flattr.com/support/faq
>   http://flattr.com/support/integrate
> 
> Any thoughts on placing a flattr button on https://noisebridge.net ?
> I certainly wouldn't want to see any ads on our site, but this seems
> like a fairly simple & direct way for folks to contribute. Flattr does
> take 10%, but I feel it's going towards building a useful system.
> I guess it'd require a minimum investment of €2 per month, but I
> imagine we'd get back more than that. My thinking is that if there
> aren't any objections to this, some subset of Noisebridgers who like
> the idea could pool some money, maybe €24 to cover a year's fees.
> I'd chip in for that.
> 

I think it's a solid idea.

> Also, I was wondering what anyone thinks about Flattr in general.
> I've been waiting for a system like this to pop up. Seems it'd be nice
> to have alternative to ads as a way of supporting content creators.
> 

I think it's a great idea. It's brought to you by the same people that
brought you The Pirate Bay.

All the best,
Jake