This blog is now flattrized!
flattr is a clever concept to share a fixed monthly fee that you specify for content that you like. If you like my postings, you can now pay a little tribute by clicking on the button right below the posting, or right here.
The story of flattr.com reminds me of my own life – typical geek laziness. Why? In my day job, I’ve to do with online payments in general and social payments in particular. During our daily lunch discussions, one of my colleagues suggested that there should be a very simple way to donate small amounts of money for content that you like – a “drive by” donation. Months later, being lazy and not chasing the idea further, we recognized that someone else had a similar idea and realized it very well, flattr.com.
Naturally, I was keenly interested in how flattr works and signed up for the beta. As a result, I’ve included the flattr button into some of my postings and pages and although I know that I have only a few visitors on this blog I still hope there may be a little kickback some day. Until then, all I can say is that I pretty much like what the people behind flattr achieved so far. Integration is easy enough, their page layout is easy and clean and the funding went smoothly. However, I was missing certain online payment providers.
I installed the official flattr plugin for WordPress but made one little change. Instead of adding a flattr button to all postings or pages, I inverted the “not on this post/page” checkbox, allowing me to explicitly enable the button for the posts/pages where I want it, instead of the opposite. Since it’s still a personal blog, the amount of postings possibly valuable to someone is lower than the amount of personal and most likely uninteresting postings.
One thing is bugging me, though. Even though I’ve added the button to several postings/pages it seems like I still have to submit stuff manually from the dashboard in order to make it appear in the flattr listings. If someone could shed a light on that, I’d appreciate feedback.
