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then after I installed the hack in sent MySQL into overtime causing the load to increase making the site unaccessable.
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Really sorry man.. I should've had a better disclaimer at the top of the hack.

As far as I know it's only adding one query to the user table for each time showthread is loaded. If you use fodder's numbers, that page already had over 100 queries per view if you don't optimize the queries with Join. I'm not sure how adding 1 query can bring a system to it's knees like that.
My board goes to a max of maybe 60 users at peak and I haven't noticed a difference between pre- and post- ignore hack. Anyone want to take a guess as to why this hack might slow down VT's board?