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

[MaDCaT75]

Well thats why you have moderators that you can trust

[MaDCaT75]

Also... can someone make an addon to this that re-directs a user to "page not found" page when they hit the submit button or something?

[MaDCaT75]

09-05-03 at 12:08 AM MaDCaT75 said this in Post #202
Also... can someone make an addon to this that re-directs a user to "page not found" page when they hit the submit button or something?

Anyone?

[Keyser S?ze]

installed vb 2.3.2

excellent hack!!

[pixelghetto]

I'm having trouble installin' this hack, as I am not sure about how to do the "mySQL prompt" bit of the hack. Can anyone help me out, as I installed it and when I make a user "miserable" I get back a database error. :cry:

[MaDCaT75]

Can someone please tell me how to make it so that moderators can put someone as miserable?

[MaDCaT75]

anyone?

[bandit022]

awesome hack!

just what i needed for a few select "bad apples"

but one question... is there a reason that miserable users can't view the "who's online"?

i'd like for the miserble users to be able to see the who's online at the bottom of forumhome, just so that they don't begin to wonder if someone is screwing with them.

thanks

-bandit

[MaDCaT75]

But isnt that the point of the miserable user hack? To screw with their heads?

[midnightz]

Originally Posted by MaDCaT75

Is there a way so that moderators can put users as a miserable user?

I am looking for the same thing, I have two super moderators that only have access to that mod CP and I have added Xenon's hack to edit users, I have manged to get the radio buttons inside the mod CP and have all in place, but it wont save because I dont know what code to put to give them that option.

I am in need of the same solution as well, I thought I had it but I didnt (close though)

Thanks