I think donations will be massively used when the necessary conditions are met: - One platform/standard to donate to or receive for any content on the internet

I think donations will be massively used when the necessary conditions are met: - One platform/standard to donate to or receive for any content on the internet. - Ease of use, secure online wallet. - Very low transaction fees, accepting donations from say 10 cents. Flattr is subscription oriented and most people don't like having a recurrent expense. Steem.it, like Cent.co are limited to content on their site, and there is much better content in the internet that most people would donate first. So the question is how to make this platform/standard and get youtube, twitter, facebook, quora... adopt it. Some rely heavily on advertising and I don't think they are interested to change that business model yet.