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An alternative to banning: Miserable Users · **Released**: 03-07-2003

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

Pikok · #**107** 03-20-2003, 07:14 PM

Okay, thanks..

This hack is pure evil!!! I love it!

Keep up the great work!

Zzed · #**108** 03-20-2003, 07:17 PM

Thank you for your kind words.

Big Daddy Chemo · #**109** 03-20-2003, 07:43 PM

This hack will prove to be timeless...

One request though -> can you offer some code that will give MODS the ability to toggle the misery setting as well?

Pikok · #**110** 03-20-2003, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Today at 09:43 PM Big Daddy Chemo said this in Post #108
This hack will prove to be timeless...

One request though -> can you offer some code that will give MODS the ability to toggle the misery setting as well?

That would be a good option. Would need to be a way of also setting it so that mods couldn't set other mods and/or admins to miserable though.. Only admins or those with admin cpanel access would be able to make mods/admins miserable.

Zzed · #**111** 03-20-2003, 08:07 PM

Oh boy, I knew this was going to get me in trouble.

I have this hack in place on my site. But it combines 6 other hacks which gives the moderators the power to impose misery, starvation, and a couple other hacks on users for time periods of 1, 3, or 7 days. And after the "served time" the users go back to normal.

I need to think about how to do a partial release of what I have in place...

Boofo · #**112** 03-20-2003, 08:09 PM

Zzed, is now a good time?

Zzed · #**113** 03-20-2003, 08:11 PM

Sure, give me a call.

Overgrow · #**114** 03-21-2003, 05:05 AM

Possibly my favorite hack of all time even though I never see the direct results of it.. I dunno where that hack of the month competition is, but this should be it.

I've made it a more permanent form of removal on my site.. When you get "miserable'd", all of your posts are replaced by

[account removed]

except for when the miserable person actually gets to view it. So it effectively deletes all of their posts at the same time.

Zzed · #**115** 03-21-2003, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Today at 11:05 PM Overgrow said this in Post #113
Possibly my favorite hack of all time even though I never see the direct results of it.. I dunno where that hack of the month competition is, but this should be it.

I've made it a more permanent form of removal on my site.. When you get "miserable'd", all of your posts are replaced by

[account removed]

except for when the miserable person actually gets to view it. So it effectively deletes all of their posts at the same time.

OMG... I am not worthy. Thank you for your kind words.

BTW, your hack is quite diabolic.

Zachery · #**116** 03-25-2003, 12:07 AM

im only able to change it in the admin cp :\ .... i was in the mod cp and i couldnt find it

i checked the database after i made a user miserable, and it seems that he is, eventho i did it via the admin cp

Zzed · #**117** 03-25-2003, 12:27 AM

This hack be used only through the Admin CP and not the Mod CP.

Courage · #**118** 04-01-2003, 08:12 AM

I love this hack.

This + Secretly Banned Users ROCKS !

voclain · #**119** 04-04-2003, 03:07 PM

Zzed:

I have to tell you...I am a newby to all of this HACK stuff.

And I remember about a year ago when I upgraded to VB wondering why in the world would I ever want to BAN someone...so....I made it a policy of my board that NO ONE would ever be banned!!!

WELL...I've just come throught the WEEK from HELL!!! This one guy has cause so many problems...all with the INTENT of being banned...testing the POLICY!!!

YOUR Hack is a GOD SENT!!! I can now put this IDIOT on the MISERABLE LIST and now I'm happy,,my users are happy,,,HE's BANNED, and he doesn't even know it.....and the thought of him sitting there.....MISERABLE in front of his computer waiting,,,and waiting,,,and waiting....

WOW...it just makes my heart jump for joy!!!

THANK YOU...THANK YOU.....THANK YOU!!!

Kirk Voclain
http://www.pro4um.com

Zzed · #**120** 04-04-2003, 04:39 PM

Wow.

Thank you for your kind words.

JFry · #**121** 04-05-2003, 06:52 PM

Oh, boy do I have a couple miserable users :lol Thanks, man.

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