Re: Flattr for donations?

Katrmr -

> May I suggest that it might be worth it to enable donations via Flattr?
> Flattr is convenient, at least for the paying side, and the whole idea
> seems very good.
> They say in the faq that for charity organizations, their fee is removed.
> If they accept Vim as a charity entry (since donations go to ICCF), I
> would gladly support ICCF, express love for Vim and raise Flattr
> popularity a bit at the same time. And others might make it a habit
> too.
>
> PayPal has a history of this behavior: http://i.imgur.com/1AaPw.png
> Personally, I think I won't miss anything if I don't interact with
> PayPal in the rest of my life.
> Moneybookers is a different story, of course, but it doesn't make
> donations any social with, you know, fancy buttons and numbers.

Despite the disadantages nearly all the donations come through PayPal.
Fortunately I never had problems with them, only some requests to send
documents.

Flattr seems to be about small amounts. Thus it requires a lot of
people to join and click on buttons before it's worth the effort.
Any idea how many money goes around through Flattr?

- Bram

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