NationStates is a relatively low income game...
Relative to what? World of Warcraft?
Why do you think Max Barry hasn't written a book for nigh on 4 years - discounting Machine Man, which I'll explain in a second,
Nationstates is a gold mine for Max Barry and the Mods, who are all actually in retirement, living off posting the occasional comment in Moderation. Actual Admin is done from a factory in China where programmers are paid $1 a month, if Max remembers to make the transfer,
From advertising to selling demographic information and 'attitude trends' provided by us, for free, to corporations and governments, this site makes millions,
Hence, interspersed with real threads, like 'Should I ask this girl out?', there's questions by automated puppets recycling endless variations on the topic of the day - is Obama doing a good job, is religion important to you, should we ban abortion, what OS do you use,
These topics are invaluable to government bodies and companies seeking to use the information on policy decisions and products and marketing, which is why policy is so dumbed down, products suck and marketing appeals to the lowest common denominator, a direct reflection of NSG responses
Machine Man is purely a product of the fact that Max is bored silly of late having made so much money, he lasted 33 pages, before returning to his sun lounge at the pool with his Pina Colada,
Thanks? We should be getting paid for our contributions.
It all makes sense, you know it does,
When mods collide.
