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Then you should take a look at Flattr <https://flattr.com/> https://flattr.com/>. They are older than Patreon (although they never got the same level of widespr
by mcherm 8y ago
Then you should take a look at Flattr <https://flattr.com/> https://flattr.com/>. They are older than Patreon (although they never got the same level of widespread use as Patreon) and they operate in exactly the manner you describe.
- worble 8y agoHuh, can't believe I hadn't seen this before. I suppose the main problem with all of these systems is that the creator ultimately has to sign up to them in first place, and unfortunately all these smaller sites just don't have the people I want to donate to on them. There's no quick and easy answer to that unfortunately, outside of trying to federate some kind of standard for all donations that clients could plug into, and we all know how that goes[0] [0]http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/standards.png http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/standards.png