Crowdfunding platform Flattr will now allow people to donate money for content they find on the web using the favorite or like buttons that already exist on many social networks, the company announced today.
Basically, that means if your favorite author tweets out a link to a new blog post (or even just makes a witty remark), a small donation will go to them when you click the “favorite star” through the service. To do this Flattr users set up an account with a set amount of money per month (say $20) that gets split up based on the number of times you “like” or “star” something across many social networks, including Twitter, Instagram, Soundcloud, Github, Flickr, Vimeo, 500px, and App.net. (So, for example, Warren Ellis would take the bulk of my monthly Flattr funds, as you can see from my Favorite tweet history. That is, provided he’s signed up to receive funds on the service.) Flattr users do need to link the service with all of their social networks, but otherwise the process is pretty simple.
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