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Ask HN: Is Flattr.com a Ponzi scheme or good micropayment system?
Is Flattr.com a Ponzi scheme, or a new and revolutionary social micropayment system for creating services on the web?
I recently signed up my website for Flattr.com, because I really loved the initial idea of Flattr. However, I've been thinking: Is Flattr.com really a Ponzi scheme?
Wikipedia: "A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to separate investors from their own money or money paid by subsequent investors, rather than from any actual profit earned." I'm not saying that Flattr is fraudulent, but is the Flattr system really sustainable?
- roschdal 16y agoRelevant links: http://flattr.com/ http://flattr.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi_scheme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi_scheme
- wmf 16y agoI don't really see anything Ponzi-like about it. I will note, however, that the similar Contenture system shut down soon after launching. http://techcrunch.com/2009/12/21/the-anti-ad-network-contenture-shuts-its-doors/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/12/21/the-anti-ad-network-content...