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 that from today (16th of April 2013) at noon CET we will remove the possibility … Continue reading Twitter is forcing us to drop users ability to flattr creators by favoriting their tweets
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FiveYearItch.com is a platform for developers seeking a new job. They matches what it would take to make you leave your job with employers who can promise to meet your requirements. Brilliant. And they just come up with another really good idea. FiveYearItch will credit $200 to the Flattr account of each professional who gets … Continue reading FiveYearItch gives new clients $200 to flattr
To make the use case for Flattr more straight forward and easier for everybody to undersand we've decided to stop letting our users receive single donations. Starting today we will take away the "donate" button option on user profiles and in the popup that appears when you click at Flattr button twice. The function will … Continue reading We are closing down the donation button
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. Everyday creators post 400 million tweets to Twitter and upload 5 million photos to Instagram. For most … Continue reading Launching new Flattr – Add money to your likes
Last Friday the documentary about The Pirate Bay premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and on the internet respectively. It's an incredible success with over 1 million views on Youtube and lot's of seeds on TPB in only four days. I'm in it, and I get a brief chance to describe what Flattr is. The director … Continue reading TPB AFK and why I started Flattr
We love when services integrate with Flattr. This weekend it happened again when the Austrian podcasting service gpodder.net enable podcasters and listeners to connect with us. gpodder.net is a free podcasting webservice that connects podcast-clients. It lets users manage podcast subscriptions via the web and sync it to their clients on their computer and phones. They have an open API that client … Continue reading Easy to support podcasters with gpodder.net
2012 has been a year of heavy developments at Flattr. Among some things we introduced connections to make it easier to become flattrable, announced a revenue sharing program for partner sites and integrated with the music streaming service Grooveshark. On behalf of everybody at Flattr I wish you a Happy New Year! JANUARY Developer challenge … Continue reading 2012 in review, it’s been a good year
We all have cravings for news, stories about what's happening in the world around us is crucial to our understanding of both ourself and other people. We also know that the news industry is struggling to make money online. This is of course something we want to help fixing. Therefore we're happy to announce that … Continue reading Swedish news site to add Flattr
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 have tried to crack how we can help artists to get money for the great … Continue reading Flattring artists with Grooveshark
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 share your secrets. Now you can! We have just added a way to send a … Continue reading Treat your supporters with some extra topping!