Today we released version 0.8! Hooray!
Most of the basic feature set are done and we love it!
Invites have started to go out to registered people, more will be sent the coming days.
About Flattr
The idea had already been initiated in 2007, but the first release was in 2010 due to typical geeky laziness.
Flattr was founded to help people share money, not just content. Before Flattr, the only reasonable way to donate was Paypal but the transaction cost was (and still is) too high. Visitors would ignore the option. Sending just a small sum has always been a pain in the ass. Flattr is changing this.
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Congrats! :)
(checks mail – clickclickclick)
Congratulation! It starting to look really good.
(But the bar at this page using frames, in 2010, really?)
Congratulations! I just received my invite =)
I don’t see a place to provide feedback, so I’ll say this here: I was confused by the phrase “monthly flattr fee” on the dashboard page, briefly believing that there was actually a monthly charge just for having an account. I get it now, but I think this should definitely be made clearer – perhaps you could just replace the word “fee” with “contribution”.
Other than that, I really like what I see so far. Keep up the good work! I’m looking forward to seeing Flattr grow.
Good point Leif, we will discuss it.
You can leave feedback on flattr.com/support/contact too if you don’t want comment on teh blag :)
Bar? We have no bar, at least none with beer, and that’s the only bar we want ;)
What Leif said. I was also confused with that text.
I agree with Leif. “Contribution” would be better than “fee”. Or “balance” perhaps.
Also: I think that when people click on a Flattr link, for now at least, you need a big graphic right there on the page saying “What Is Flattr?” and explains it.
It’s not immediately obvious a, what Flattr is or b, what to do on the page (you have to hover over the ‘Flattr’ button to see the ‘click to Flattr’ text. Maybe an extra graphic, with an arrow saying ‘click here’ until you’re well known?
Congratulations!
The site looks splendid and the user guidance in the dashboard is very helpful!
I’m wondering whether one day we will end up with buttons such as ‘AddToAny’ for social bookmarking but they will be called let’s say ‘SpendToAny’ for social spending with Flattr, Kachingle, Paymecredit or Rewrd.com. There seems to be a whole series of these services coming up…