End of April 2012, Dailymotion integrated flattr into their platform, enabling video creators to insert a flattr button on their pages. Here's how the idea was born. My brother works for Dailymotion. He once skyped me up to tell me the company was going to hold a hackathon to promote innovative projects. He asked me if I had any suggestions. I called out to my colleague David who almost instantly mentioned flattr. I replied and some time later the idea was accepted by management. My brother's team didn't win the contest, but as he told me, it's the only project that turned productive.
This has some echo on the web: wired.com, techcrunch.com, venturebeat.com, they all covered the story. David and I were pretty astonished by the impact his idea had had. So if you'd like to give him some credit, go ahead and >>flattr him<<, I think he deserves it :-)
For your entertainment (if you speak french), here's the log transcript of our skype conversation:
23.11.11 15:31 un hackaton aura lieu de mardi a mercredi prochain ici 23.11.11 15:32 avec une tablette pour l'equipe gagnante 23.11.11 15:33 t'as pas des idees? 23.11.11 15:33 un truc qui revolutionne la facon dont tu regardes les videos et qui prends 10 ligne de code 23.11.11 15:33 lol Antoine 23.11.11 15:35 oh wow. 23.11.11 15:35 je veux le tablet yann 23.11.11 15:35 hihi 23.11.11 15:35 yeah moi aussi Antoine 23.11.11 15:36 des videos pr0n$ yann 23.11.11 15:36 haha 23.11.11 15:36 oui Antoine 23.11.11 15:36 en 3d yann 23.11.11 15:36 yeah 23.11.11 15:36 ya deja un mec qui dev la 3d ici Antoine 23.11.11 15:37 cool yann 23.11.11 15:37 il a des lunettes lol Antoine 23.11.11 17:05 une idée d'un de mes collègues: 23.11.11 17:05 incorporer http://flattr.com/ pour le content dailymotion. yann 23.11.11 17:06 yeah this is nice bro Antoine 23.11.11 17:07 tu connais? yann 23.11.11 17:07 un petit peu 23.11.11 17:07 juste le principe 23.11.11 17:07 c'est de la remuneration sur le contenu 23.11.11 17:07 si ca te plait tu peux remunerer l'auteur yann 23.11.11 17:11 yeah 23.11.11 17:11 jvais lire flattr 23.11.11 17:12 faut voir mec Antoine 23.11.11 17:13 ouais. ce serait cool mec. yann 23.11.11 17:13 carrement 23.11.11 17:18 c'est une bonne idee 23.11.11 17:19 LET'S GET THIS TABLET!!