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Well, it's kind of obvious why it doesn't work. I visit a lot of blogs and can't remember that I ever stumbled across a flatter gadget. To be fair, I probably w
by Udo 16y ago
Well, it's kind of obvious why it doesn't work. I visit a lot of blogs and can't remember that I ever stumbled across a flatter gadget. To be fair, I probably wouldn't have noticed anyway. Still, I believe the idea behind flattr is valuable. It will probably be a long time until it gains any traction, let's hope they hold out that long. Because chances are Facebook WILL copy this and it will be an instant success then.
- parbo 16y agoPaying to hit "Like"? That is a really good idea actually. Wouldn't it also make sense if Flattr-ing something also "liked" it on Facebook? Something like posting "XYZ Flattrd foo.com" on XYZ's wall. That would also bring marketing to the Flattr concept.
- Udo 16y agoExactly!
- viraptor 16y agoThey already do that on both Facebook and Twitter. Connecting your account is optional though. http://twitter.com/#search?q=flattred http://twitter.com/#search?q=flattred
- AndrewMoffat 16y agoThat would be an interesting idea. It might be tricky to make sure that everyone understood that "Liking" now meant "donating", but maybe only if a user has added money to his "Like account" would it really change anyways. Then Facebook would have the onus of introducing "like payments", instead of each site implementing Flattr, like I described here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853825 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853825