To further expand on @agge’s reply, the idea would be that free Flattrs would be funded by this grant/innovation competition award — and not from users’ Means accounts. So in effect we would be “seeding” the system with extra liquidity or value in order to measure any effects or impact. Thoughts about how we might do this include increasing the value of flattrs in a month (for free, ie without it “costing” users from their Means accounts) or preloading flattrs into users’ accounts without them having to purchase/load up their Means via payment.

What do you think? If you like the idea, please submit a positive comment to the competition entry page.

Thanks,
Eileen!

free flattrs that are yours to give, i.e you’re allocating money with your clicks that you did not put into the system (or earn from flattrs). I