Can you also add miserable user ID ?

very nice add-on, i'm tryng to figure out if it's possibile to add cookies support, to annoy users also if they log out.

That might be but I had the same problem...it went away when I uninstalled it.

*uninstalled*

Is there a way to randomly log user out? I tried setting random redirect link to

but instead of logging out, user gets an error: An error occurred when trying to log out.

I think it's because "logouthash" parameter is missing from my link, but how do I get the correct value?

Sorry, I have no idea.

What if I created a new usergroup that has all the same permissions as they had before, but navigation and the timeouts are just so difficult that all that pushes them away from the website?

Has that worked for anyone? Would that work?

After I installed this mod, my moderators lost the ability to edit other people's posts on the forum. I disabled it, and instantly moderators were able to edit again. I've checked and double-checked the permissions. Just to be sure I enabled it, then disabled it again, same effect.

I dont see how this could possible affect such an ability, unless you have not set the MU group correctly in its options, even then I fail to see how it could actually do that.

The way I have things set up is that global moderators have the ability to moderate all forums. I also have "Areas of Intensified Focus" where certain moderators are assigned to forums under Forum Manager > Forums > Add Moderator while retaining the ability to globally moderate.

With the product enabled, my global moderators are losing the ability to edit posts in the forum they're "assigned" to.

Hi. We have MU installed. It's VERY effective for several bad trolls. :up::up:

However, lately we've had a rash of porn spammers whose apparent purpose is to get them noticed by Googlebots. There's an discussion amongst our mods about the best way to stop them. I vote for MU and let them thrash. Others say deleting the accounts is much better because their accounts never exist. What do you think?

Thanks,

Dan.

I think you're trying to discuss this in the wrong thread. MU isn't designed to deal with spammers. You need to stop them from registering in the first place.

Love this hack.. TY

So what are you guys doing when people ask for tech support? Just ignore the requests? Tell them you can't reproduce it? Turn up the settings so they can't ask anymore?

This is not something you would use very much. In the rare instances we've enabled it, nobody's asked for support. If they did, then I'd tell them it's working fine for me, and go on to use the opportunity to explain what it is they're doing wrong that got them into the trouble in the first place.

I've had great fun with this plugin. Being a mod can be a bit serious, so it's good to have some fun (and not feel guilty)

I've written a miserable module for Apache (http://linuxbox.co.uk/mod_miserable.php), not sure if it deserves it's own thread: I don't want to hijack this thread, but on the other hand this is specifically vbulletin forum, not a general server forum.

Part of the reason I wrote the Apache module was to offer a few features not available in the vb plugin: you can assign miserable to an IP address (rather than a username), an IP block (using wildcards), a domain, or various other attributes of the client (browser, referer domain, browser useragent etc). With it being an Apache module, it also operates on the whole site rather than just your /forum

Nice work :)

As ever PaulM, another great toy

I don't really see why you would want to make a member on your forum pissed off. If you don't like them ban them..

Thats fine, you obviously have no use for this mod, but plenty do, so please dont clutter the thread. Thanks.

That's the beauty of this hack.

IP banning is what pisses them off, using this hack they figure the board is broken and they go away.

Works like a charm for me for over 2 years.

The nature of one of my boards doesn't really allow me to ban someone.
But throwing the person into the miserable usergroup gives me satisfaction.
When he emails me that there is a problem, I tell him, maybe the next update will fix it.
Then I remove him from the usergroup until he acts up again.

how on earth did I miss this mod? Will install it as soon as I get to a pc

And even if they know it's not broken, it will still keep them from coming back and re-registering. It's not worth the effort for them.

I don't use it myself, but I get the benefits. I just don't have any troublesome users at the moment.

just thought I would stop in here again and say thanks my friend:)

my forum doesn't use the VB ban system, so when a member goes bad they get moved to this group:eek:

one request tho, any way you can get this to tie in to there web cam? might make for some good youtube vids:p

best add on I use and glad you keep it updated

top of the day to you

arg! Any chance of a version which will work on 3.8? Just updated to 3.8b2 and found that when installing MU, it comes up as not compatible with 3.8, only 3.7x

All in good time. :)

totally awesome - I am very happy to have this now - now i can get rid of some people!

I have been getting hit by various ip's from china (spammers)

I.p : 121.230.13.213

What would i add to the next line to frustrate ALL of china?

I have no visitors that will actually register on my forums from china so i dont care if all of them are pissed...lol

This mod is not what you want to 'block all of China'. You want to get the IP range with a Whois lookup, then use cpanel to block the entire range. Since I run a local board, I too have wide swaths of the planet blocked.

I worked around it by using my cpanel to block the range...dunno why i didnt think about that earlier...lol

Thanks bro

Installed...
Working good for now.
Thanks

The only thing this is missing is a way to manage the time spent in MU. Like when you ban someone you can specifiy days/months/years... you just have to remember to remove them with this.

Thank you Paul. This is a great hack!!! I look forward to the next version of vB and your handiwork. ;)

If you are just doing an IP, is it necessary to create a group too? Or do you have to add them to a newly created group and post their IP as well?

You dont need a group for the ip to work.

Installed. I have a few miserable Moderators. time to turn the tables.:D

I love you and want to bear your children, in a platonic way of course.

Installed.

Rapscallion

Platonic Children. Wasn't that a Pink Floyd song?

Installed...!!!

Thanks for the mod Paul!! This mod is awesome!! I do have a question though.

Does this mod work off the users ip, or their nickname, or both?

I've got one member that seems to have found his way back into the site, but has a new ip? Is that all he would need to get back in? Does the usergroup use his registration ip or will the mod also work when the board recognizes his nick? His old ip is in the ip box for this mod ( his new one is now also ). I have the settings set very high, so I'm trying to understand how he got back in.

Just curious what I need to do or change to keep him out.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

It works on individual users (by putting them in the usergroup) or IP.