> Unlike Flattr, users don’t have to click a button to “Flattr” a website — instead, it will automatically track their browsing activity and distribute the money based on their engagement.
One of my main objections to most forms of online advertising is the tracking/profiling. I don't see why there can't be a button unless they plan on selling the info; in which case it's hardly an improvement over ordinary web ads.
I glanced at the website, and they say the info is stored locally and only the final results get sent back to headquarters, but there's no privacy policy or other detailed technical explanation of what this means.
I guess that's understandable since apparently they're not sure how they can measure the worthiness of a given web page:
> Plus, the question of exactly how to calculate engagement is a tricky one. You probably don’t want to reward a worthless article with a dumb-but-effective clickbait headline. You might also leave an article open for hours without actually reading it.
Which just reinforces my notion that the user should have a button. Otherwise you're going to have situations where users are tricked into visiting worthless pages or end up paying to support website that they might not want to support. Can you honestly say that you would choose to support the people behind every website you visit?
> Unlike Flattr, users don’t have to click a button to “Flattr” a website — instead, it will automatically track their browsing activity and distribute the money based on their engagement.
One of my main objections to most forms of online advertising is the tracking/profiling. I don't see why there can't be a button unless they plan on selling the info; in which case it's hardly an improvement over ordinary web ads.
I glanced at the website, and they say the info is stored locally and only the final results get sent back to headquarters, but there's no privacy policy or other detailed technical explanation of what this means.
I guess that's understandable since apparently they're not sure how they can measure the worthiness of a given web page:
> Plus, the question of exactly how to calculate engagement is a tricky one. You probably don’t want to reward a worthless article with a dumb-but-effective clickbait headline. You might also leave an article open for hours without actually reading it.
Which just reinforces my notion that the user should have a button. Otherwise you're going to have situations where users are tricked into visiting worthless pages or end up paying to support website that they might not want to support. Can you honestly say that you would choose to support the people behind every website you visit?