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Eric Korpela ![]() Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1382 Credit: 54,506,847 RAC: 60 ![]() ![]() |
SETI@home volunteers that use Flattr can now make microdonations to SETI@home by pressing the ![]() @SETIEric@qoto.org (Mastodon) ![]() |
Dave Send message Joined: 29 Mar 02 Posts: 778 Credit: 25,001,396 RAC: 0 ![]() |
ó.O |
Eric Korpela ![]() Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1382 Credit: 54,506,847 RAC: 60 ![]() ![]() |
I'll be building a page to show the total number of Flattrs and the total amount of the donations received in the near future. @SETIEric@qoto.org (Mastodon) ![]() |
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/me makes rude noises Janice |
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Eric Korpela ![]() Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1382 Credit: 54,506,847 RAC: 60 ![]() ![]() |
Flattr is a micropayment system that allows you to send money to sites you like. If you go to the site to sign up you'll be asked to make a deposit (called means) that will be used for the payments. Then you set a monthly payment amount (minimum 2 euros, maximum 100 euros) that will be divided among the sites that you "Flattr" by pressing their "Flattr This" button. If you Flattr one site during the month, it gets all of the monthly amount. If you Flattr 100 sites during the month, each gets 1% of the total. At the end of the month the Flattr'd sites get their share of the payment. If you don't Flattr any sites in a month, the payment goes to charities chosen by the people who run Flattr. You can also "subscribe" to a site, which means it gets Flattr'd automatically each month. So far, 36 people have Flattr'd SETI@home, which means we'll probably get somewhere between 0.36 euro and 3600 euros at the end of the month. (It will probably be much closer to 0.36 euro.) @SETIEric@qoto.org (Mastodon) ![]() |
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Maybe it's possible to add this new donation system on this page: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_donate.php ? And instead of the bottom of the front page to the top? I have only an old 17" screen with 1024x768 resolution and I need to scroll down to get attention. I guess a lot of people use this old screens (size). [EDIT: (I see 2/3 of the page and 1/3 is hidden, need to scroll down)] And maybe with a button with how much clicks already (if possible)? Every month a reset of this button? ![]() |
Christoph Send message Joined: 21 Apr 03 Posts: 76 Credit: 355,173 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Maybe it's possible to add this new donation system on this page: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_donate.php ? Second that. Why not change the text for PayPal donations? "PayPal Users: Direct donations are not possible, but you can donate using Flattr." Keep up the good work. Regards, Christoph Edit: are the Green Stars possible through that way? if not, you may like to mention that somewhere there too. So there won't be too many threads like 'Where is my Star?' Christoph |
Eric Korpela ![]() Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1382 Credit: 54,506,847 RAC: 60 ![]() ![]() |
Thanks for the suggestions. We don't get any information about who has clicked unless people make there Flattrs public and then we only get their Flattr username shown on the SETI@home Flattr page. It would be hard to link that to the star generating mechanism. I'm going to make a separate Flattr page to show the number of Flattrs and how much we've raised that way. But I will be adding Flattr to the donation page and will mention paypal. I don't want to put scripted buttons on the main page because every time we add javascript we get complaints from people who have scripting turned off. @SETIEric@qoto.org (Mastodon) ![]() |
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It's great to see that we have different options to make donations, especially for outside-of-US spots like Canada. :) I'll continue to use Flattr, Eric. Thanks for making this possible! Also, is there going to be an updated hardware thread? Computer nut, Distributed Computing freak, Jeeper and Dodge Ram driver. Life is worth living... and worth discovering. I run VMWare ESXi Free - why don't you? |
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what kind of donations we talking about ? ;=S |
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