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Question About The Machine Man Ad

Vocenae
17-03-2009, 11:25
Yo. No problems here (I hope), just a general question.

So you know that visually distracting Machine Man ad at the top of the NS pages? Well, I clicked the option to remove the ads and read the whole 'hi, I'm Max Berry and blah blah blah you don't have to prove you bought one of my books and blah blah balh please select the book you bought' deal, and clicked on Jennifer Government as the book I had bought.

Except I haven't read any of Max's work and was doing it really as a test to see if there was a catch. I was not expecting it to be as simple and quick as it was, with at least a warning/confirmation page before it actually turned off.

So now the ad is removed, which is nice, but what does being a Max Berry Supporter mean? Is it just a little title with no function or am I bound to an agreement of some sort? Are there any benefits from being a Supporter, and are there any detractions to being one?

Cause I'd like to know. The ad was distracting for me, yeah, but if I'm obligated to buying something or showing/doing something I didn't agree with I'd rather have it turned back on.
Ardchoille
17-03-2009, 12:57
This game is honest. You don't get signed up for stuff you didn't ask for and don't want. You don't think a guy who writes books satirising big business is going to adopt the same sort of tricks they use, do you?

As far as I know, being a Max Barry supporter is all just happy smiles and friendly waves, unless you're Australian, in which case you're forced, forced, I tell you, to pretend that you think Melbourne is better than Sydney.:mad:

(That was a joke, Joyce.)
Urgench
17-03-2009, 13:15
Melbourne is better than Sydney
Ardchoille
17-03-2009, 13:17
Melbourne is better than Sydney

How much is he paying you?:D
Urgench
17-03-2009, 14:43
How much is he paying you?:D


Why ? You wanna out bid him ? :D
Ardchoille
17-03-2009, 15:23
Why ? You wanna out bid him ? :D

On what he pays me? That's umpossible!

(I'm gonna close this thread now, since methinks it's done its job.)
[violet]
19-03-2009, 22:12
I was not expecting it to be as simple and quick as it was, with at least a warning/confirmation page before it actually turned off.

So now the ad is removed, which is nice, but what does being a Max Berry Supporter mean? Is it just a little title with no function or am I bound to an agreement of some sort? Are there any benefits from being a Supporter, and are there any detractions to being one?

Cause I'd like to know. The ad was distracting for me, yeah, but if I'm obligated to buying something or showing/doing something I didn't agree with I'd rather have it turned back on.

Yes! You are now bound to come over and wash Max's dishes every night! Now that's support!

It's just thanking you for being a supporter because you said you shelled out some hard-earned for a book. That's all. You can't turn the ad back on, but you can spend a couple minutes on www.maxbarry.com to ease your conscience if you like. Machine Man is currently free. :)
Ardchoille
20-03-2009, 04:06
... you can spend a couple minutes on www.maxbarry.com to ease your conscience if you like.

Garbed in sackcloth, humbled by ashes, lines of NS penitents slowly wind their barefoot way to www.maxbarry.com ...

"I sorely repent, for I have flamed a fellow poster ..."

Out in the courtyard, the mods prepare a heretic for the cleansing fires ...