Author Archives: Linus Olsson
Twitter is forcing us to drop users ability to flattr creators by favoriting their tweets
We think that we’ve created a beautiful way to support creators by checking what you favorited on Twitter and letting you send a flattr to the writer of a tweet. Twitter did not. So we are extremely sad to announce … Continue reading
Launching new Flattr – Add money to your likes
We’ve made it easier than ever to support creators. Now you can give and receive microdonations directly on services you use. Connect your Flattr account to Twitter, Instagram, Soundcloud, Github etc and just “favorite”, “like” or “star” to flattr content you appreciate. … Continue reading
Flattring artists with Grooveshark
We love music. But we know that it’s tricky to directly support artists on the internet. As a service trying to empower creators we don’t like standing to the side just watching. So we haven’t! For a long time we … Continue reading
Last day of the month, some great things to Flattr!
Terms of Service; Didn’t Read Great site that classifies “Terms of service” agreements to make them easy to understand. Helps you know what you actually agree to when signing up. The Unarchiver The Unarchiver is a free unarchiving application for … Continue reading
Treat your supporters with some extra topping!
Are you a creator getting money from your fans? Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to give them something back to them? A chance to tell them what you are doing next and thank them for their support, even … Continue reading
Introducing Flattr App Gallery
We have for a long time been blessed with a vibrant developer community. Until now the offspring of the developers and Flattr has been totally invisible. There have not been any place to find applications built for Flattr. Now there … Continue reading
Flattr bombs as birthday celebration
This is a guest post by podcaster Toby Baier who makes the “Fall asleep Podcast” (Einschlafen Podcast). It tries to be so boring it helps you fall asleep. On October 18th, the Einschlafen Podcasts has its 2nd birthday. To celebrate … Continue reading
Why Flattr is great for app developers
This is a guest post by Per Thulin, co-founder of Youtify and previously a developer at Flattr. Now he is on a task to do an app, the perfect editor. The target audience for my app is not very big … Continue reading
Help us translate
We don’t like that the majority of homepages are in English, anyone should be able to use it regardless of English skills. So we offer our site in a several different languages. The actual translation is done through a community … Continue reading
Ambassadors of Flattr
Flattr is still an young product, a product with a unique and new product offering. After two years we are still changing and evolving continuously. In this process it’s important for us to be as close as possible to our … Continue reading
