<div class="gmail_quote">Hey,<br><br>I'm Michael Grosser.<br>Just to give you a hint who I am:<br>I'm the guy providing <a href="http://demo.owncloud.org" target="_blank">http://demo.owncloud.org</a>.<br><br>For the upcoming release I wanted to suggest to implement <a href="http://flattr.com" target="_blank">flattr.com</a> buttons.<br>
<br>If you don't know what flattr is about:<br><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote"><p><b>Flattr</b> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdonation" title="Microdonation" target="_blank">microdonation</a> system that launched in March 2010 on an invite-only basis<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattr#cite_note-bbc-0" target="_blank"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> and then opened to the public on 12 August of the same year.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattr#cite_note-techcrunch-1" target="_blank"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattr#cite_note-2" target="_blank"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
Flattr is a project started by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sunde" title="Peter Sunde" target="_blank">Peter Sunde</a> and Linus Olsson. Users are able to pay a small amount every month (minimum 2 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro" title="Euro" target="_blank">euros</a>) and then click Flattr buttons on sites to share the money they paid among those sites, comparable to an Internet <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tip_jar&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Tip jar (page does not exist)" target="_blank">tip jar</a>.
(The word "flattr" is used as a verb, to indicate payments through the
Flattr system-so when a user clicks a Flattr button and they are logged
in to the Flattr site, they are said to be "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattery" title="Flattery" target="_blank">flattring</a>" the page they are on.) Sunde said, "We want to encourage people to share money as well as content."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattr#cite_note-bbc-0" target="_blank"><span></span></a><br>
</blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote"><div><u>extracted from <a href="http://wikipedia.org" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a></u> <br>
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<br>The owncloud account is already set up and the code, is sort of in the start position. It is ready and could be made public in under 5 min.<br><br>My idea is to have the flattr buttons ready for the release and think about what to do with the money later.<br>
The money should be held in the flattr account till we know what to do with it. The payout would be the date important for anything legal anyway.<br><br>My suggestion would be following buttons:<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">
one in the <a href="http://demo.owncloud.org" target="_blank">demo.owncloud.org</a> header<br>one in the header of <a href="http://owncloud.org" target="_blank">owncloud.org</a><br>and one for each specific page<br>and later perhaps one in the owncloud installation code (under a contribute tab under settings or so)<br>
</div><br>The reason for so many buttons is in my opinion feedback. Users can appriciate the ownCloud project with the main button in the header, and could appreciate the demo with the button from the demo. <br><br>As Jacob wrote in irc:<br>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;">It's not about having the money from the docs go elsewhere. It is about giving the user the ability to be able to show a "directed" appreciation, e.g. "I really like that you have a demo server. keep it up!" or "That documentation really helped. Thanks!"<br>
there's one button for the show itself, but another one for each episode to let the user be able to show "yes, _this_ was a great episode, thanks!"<br><br></div>What is your opinion?<br>No buttons at all? Just one button? Any suggestions?<br>
<br>Cheers Michael<br>
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