Solving a problem created by the people, by the people
Have you heard about flattr.com (@flattr)?
It’s a site currently in closed beta which tries to take on the problem of making money with user generated content. It is only logical that, in a world where old content business models are failing due to people’s behavior of not paying for content, they would also come up with a way to solve the problem of content creators not being paid for their efforts.
This idea is based on the existing behavior of voting (or liking/disliking) content, only that a “like” by flattr users will bring money to those whose content is liked. The amount is based on how much you decide to pay into your flattr account divided by the amount of “likes” you clicked.
Let’s see what happens. Is the social web generation really as stingy as always assumed, or is it just that there hasn’t been an adequate way of doing it in the social web? We will see.
