Don't Flattr Yourself

Piggy-backing on today's post about Weighing Opportunity, let's talk about the new social micropayments site, Flattr.

Here's the set-up: Readers are expected to put money into a Flattr account (I can only assume Flattr takes a cut, but this is in beta, so there's no further information).

Then, when readers see something they like on the Web (say, a webcomic) they can click on the webcomic's Flattr button (provided the webcartoonist in question is a participant).

At the end of the month, the amount that the reader put into his Flattr account is divided among all the content providers who earned that reader's clicks.

Let's go to the sales pitch, shall we?

This post dissects the sales pitch of Flattr and discuss it piece by piece. It's concept will be discussed and an overall review of its usefulness will be concluded. Log in for the entire post.