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What's going to be hard is preventing users from devaluing their Flattr clicks to get past Flattr-based paywalls. Simplest version: I have a personal array of s
by swolchok 16y ago
What's going to be hard is preventing users from devaluing their Flattr clicks to get past Flattr-based paywalls. Simplest version: I have a personal array of strawman sites, which I click on a lot in order to funnel almost all of my Flattr fee back to myself. Then my Flattr clicks are near-worthless to non-me recipients. This can be extended by Flattring friends, Flattr kickbacks, etc.
- gojomo 16y agoTwo points: (1) You and your circle can't get more out than you pay in, or convince other people to give you freely (2) Who cares about those who would go through so much trouble to save a few bucks? The point is to make it easy for those who want to pay, with subtle encouragements to pay. If the easiest thing is paying, enough people will -- and your network of strawman sites is a fringe rounding error.