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This is what https://flattr.com https://flattr.com was supposed to sort out, isn't it?
by pmlnr 11y ago
This is what https://flattr.com https://flattr.com was supposed to sort out, isn't it?
- SturgeonsLaw 11y agoYep, but nobody has managed to lower the friction with microtransactions enough to get the masses on board. If someone gets that right it could be a new paradigm for web publishing, but that's a big if.
- anexprogrammer 11y agoYep, but it's not exactly widely adopted. I think they have to have an arrangement with each site first don't they? I can onl remember seeing it on small blogs, not a publisher. Google's contributor might have had a better chance, but like a lot of G services it's completely unpromoted, and hard to find by search unless you know the name already.
- bowlich 11y agoIt would be interesting to see something like this built into the browser and then automated. Perhaps sites could send a header detailing where to send the micro-transaction. You could load up your browser with $X/month and then have the browser divide the money evenly between all the sites who it crossed passing that header. Now you don't have to think about it, and if it's built into say wordpress the content creator only needs to remember to punch their number into the system. I pay The Old Reader a $3.00 subscription for RSS each month. I find it a good fit. I would love to see an inverted RSS where I send a micro-transaction to everyone on my feed whose published in the month. Again, like RSS, it would be nice to just have the system be automated. No having to remember to look someone up on Patreon or Flattr and then manage how much I'm giving them.