An alternative to banning: Miserable Users

This hack is an alternative to banning a user. As the name suggests a user who
gets hit with this hack will become truly miserable while trying to access
your board.

So here is what really happens to a miserable user:

- There is a random 60-120 second delay each time they click on a link.
- 90% of times they have no search engine acccess.
- 75% of the times they get the server too busy error.

If they don't get the server too busy error:
- 50% of the times they may get a blank page
- 30% of the times they may get forwarded to the forum main page
- 20% of the time they may be able to see the page they asked for.

after doing all the math in actuality they have only a 5% chance of seeing the
page they clicked on. What kills them is the time they have to wait before
anything happens.

I actually once tracked a miserable user and watched him suffer for 2 whole
hours before he was able to make a simple post.

This hack is considered one of the most sadistic hacks on my board.

The hack allows you to make your user miserable via the admin CP. It also
allows you to search for all miserable users through the admin CP as well.

Also in showthread.php, it appends a red status that is only visibly to admins
and mods stating that a user is miserable.


Tables affected by this hack: user

Files affected by this hack: global.php, showthread.php, admin/user.php

[vB-Host.com]

/me bumps thread

Since I installed this I can't do anything with a user in the admin cp.. I have someone who lost there password and no longer has the e-mail address they registered with and when I go to update his password I get the same error as above.. please help!

[legendarysk8er]

What a great idea, make them suffer! I might install this later if I feel like it..

[superman]

Must try this, it's a good idea, so the user thinks he isn't banned, then won't make a new acc, cool

[KelteN]

Nice Hack!

[Zzed]

Thank you guys for all your kind words.

[Steve W.]

In the instructions it says to find:

while ($post=$DB_site->fetch_array($posts) and $counter++<$perpage) {

if ($postdone[$post[postid]]) {
$counter--;
continue;
} else {
$postdone[$post[postid]]=1;
}
$postbits .= getpostbit($post);
}

Instead of that, I have:

while ($post=$DB_site->fetch_array($posts) and $counter++<$perpage) {

if ($postdone[$post[postid]]) {
$counter--;
continue;
} else {
$postdone[$post[postid]]=1;
}

$post[postcount] = ++$postcount;
$post[totalposts] = $totalposts;
$postbits .= getpostbit($post);
}

Probably ebcause of another installed hack. Is there any way I can add the info to what I have already?

[Steve W.]

Oh, and instead of:

$DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET birthday='$birthday',options='$options',usergroupi d='$usergroupid',username='".addslashes(htmlspecia lchars($ausername))."'$pwdinclude,email='".addslas hes(htmlspecialchars($email))."',styleid='$usersty leid',parentemail='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($ parentemail))."',coppauser=$coppauser,homepage='". addslashes(htmlspecialchars($homepage))."',icq='". addslashes(htmlspecialchars($icq))."',aim='".addsl ashes(htmlspecialchars($aim))."',yahoo='".addslash es(htmlspecialchars($yahoo))."',signature='".addsl ashes($signature)."',adminemail=$adminemail,showem ail=$showemail,invisible=$invisible,usertitle='".a ddslashes($usertitle)."',customtitle=$customtitle, joindate=$joindate,cookieuser=$cookieuser,nosessio nhash=$nosessionhash,daysprune='$daysprune',lastvi sit=$lastvisit,lastactivity=$lastactivity,lastpost =$lastpost,posts='$posts',timezoneoffset='$timezon eoffset',emailnotification=$emailnotification,rece ivepm='$receivepm',emailonpm='$emailonpm',ipaddres s='".addslashes($aipaddress)."',pmpopup=IF(pmpopup =2 AND $pmpopup=1,pmpopup,'$pmpopup') WHERE userid=$userid");

I have:

$DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET birthday='$birthday',options='$options',usergroupi d='$usergroupid',username='".addslashes(htmlspecia lchars($ausername))."'$pwdinclude,email='".addslas hes(htmlspecialchars($email))."',styleid='$usersty leid',parentemail='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($ parentemail))."',coppauser=$coppauser,homepage='". addslashes(htmlspecialchars($homepage))."',icq='". addslashes(htmlspecialchars($icq))."',aim='".addsl ashes(htmlspecialchars($aim))."',yahoo='".addslash es(htmlspecialchars($yahoo))."',signature='".addsl ashes($signature)."',adminemail=$adminemail,showem ail=$showemail,invisible=$invisible,usertitle='".a ddslashes($usertitle)."',customtitle=$customtitle, joindate=$joindate,cookieuser=$cookieuser,nosessio nhash=$nosessionhash,daysprune='$daysprune',lastvi sit=$lastvisit,lastactivity=$lastactivity,lastpost =$lastpost,posts='$posts',profileview='$profilevie w',timezoneoffset='$timezoneoffset',emailnotificat ion=$emailnotification,receivepm='$receivepm',emai lonpm='$emailonpm',ipaddress='".addslashes($aipadd ress)."',pmpopup=IF(pmpopup=2 AND $pmpopup=1,pmpopup,'$pmpopup') WHERE userid=$userid");

[pdblizzard]

Zzed, I just installed this hack and I have to tell you, it's awesome! You have just reduced my stress level about 10000%. My offline family thanks you for that! gre:

Even though it works, I must have done something wrong though. I can get around it by making the change to the user "miserable" field directly in the database, but maybe you can tell me what I did wrong.

When I use the user.php page to click them "on" to miserable, and then update, the change doesn't actually save in the database. I get no error message. The database field "miserable" is not changed.

Everything else works fine however, when I update the field manually. Any thoughts?

(YOU ROCK!)

[Zzed]

Steve make it look like this

while ($post=$DB_site->fetch_array($posts) and $counter++<$perpage) {

if ($postdone[$post[postid]]) {
$counter--;
continue;
} else {
$postdone[$post[postid]]=1;
}

$post[postcount] = ++$postcount;
$post[totalposts] = $totalposts;

$onlinestat = "";
if(($post[miserable] == 1) || ($post[stunned] & 4)){
if(($bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 5) or ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 6) or ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 7)) {
$onlinestat = "$onlinestat<br><font color=\"red\"><b>Miserable User</b></font>";
}
}

$post[posts]="$post[posts]$onlinestat";

$postbits .= getpostbit($post);
}

$DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET birthday='$birthday',options='$options',usergroupi d='$usergroupid',username='".addslashes(htmlspecia lchars($ausername))."'$pwdinclude,email='".addslas hes(htmlspecialchars($email))."',styleid='$usersty leid',parentemail='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($ parentemail))."',coppauser=$coppauser,homepage='". addslashes(htmlspecialchars($homepage))."',icq='". addslashes(htmlspecialchars($icq))."',aim='".addsl ashes(htmlspecialchars($aim))."',yahoo='".addslash es(htmlspecialchars($yahoo))."',signature='".addsl ashes($signature)."',adminemail=$adminemail,showem ail=$showemail,invisible=$invisible,usertitle='".a ddslashes($usertitle)." ',customtitle=$customtitle,joindate=$joindate,cook ieuser=$cookieuser,nosessionhash=$nosessionhash,da ysprune='$daysprune',lastvisit=$lastvisit,lastacti vity=$lastactivity,lastpost=$lastpost,posts='$post s',profileview='$profileview', timezoneoffset='$timezoneoffset',emailnotification =$emailnotification,receivepm='$receivepm',emailon pm='$emailonpm',ipaddress='".addslashes($aipaddres s)."',pmpopup=IF(pmpopup=2 AND $pmpopup=1,pmpopup,'$pmpopup'), miserable=$miserable WHERE userid=$userid");

[Zzed]

Today at 09:20 AM pdblizzard said this in Post #148
Zzed, I just installed this hack and I have to tell you, it's awesome! You have just reduced my stress level about 10000%. My offline family thanks you for that! gre:

Even though it works, I must have done something wrong though. I can get around it by making the change to the user "miserable" field directly in the database, but maybe you can tell me what I did wrong.

When I use the user.php page to click them "on" to miserable, and then update, the change doesn't actually save in the database. I get no error message. The database field "miserable" is not changed.

Everything else works fine however, when I update the field manually. Any thoughts?

(YOU ROCK!)

Thank you for your kind words.

Check your pm's please.