The Will Of The People? Mob Rule?

[Jace]

what would be real fun is if someone installed this

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=49810

for those that don't want to click

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

[Rolo]

Originally Posted by Jace

what would be real fun is if someone installed this

Jace, I know the others are gonna get pissed now since I will be the whistleblower. However Oprano has had a similiar thing installed since 2003...

So here is what really happens to a new user on Oprano:

- There are random group attacks on the new user posting lead by the "oldtimer bots".
- 90% of times the "Gonzo bot" will step in and give support for the new user - this is to make the new user stay just a bit longer (more pageviews)
- 75% of the times the "Serge bot" will ask for pictures of the new user´s boobs or man boobs (the pictures are auto submited to Shemp´s tgp)

If the new users are still here after 2 days, then they will get these messages when posting:
- 50% of the times they will get called fucking newbies
- 30% of the times they will get called clueless idiots
- 20% of the time they will just be ignored

I see you signed up in 2004, so unless the "Nick bot" have moved your account from the "newbie" list to the "oldtimer" list, then you will still get this treatment, when posting on Oprano... oh, and since the "Nick bot" is banned, then I guess you will be stuck on the newbie list - turf luck Newbie ;-)))