Misery

danielb - June 22, 2009 - 10:10
Boo Frickety Hoo!

Misery is a module designed to make life difficult for certain users. It can be used:

  • As an alternative to banning or deleting users from a community.
  • As a means by which to punish members of your website.
  • To delight in the suffering of others.

Currently you can force users (via permissions/roles, editing their user account, or using Troll IP blacklists) to endure the following misery:

  • Delay: Create a random-length delay, giving the appearance of a slow connection. (by default this happens 40% of the time)
  • White screen: Present the user with a white-screen. (by default this happens 10% of the time)
  • Wrong page: Redirect to a random URL in a predefined list. (by default this happens 0% of the time)
  • Random node: Redirect to a random node accessible by the user. (by default this happens 10% of the time)
  • 403 Access Denied: Present the user with an "Access Denied" error. (by default this happens 10% of the time)
  • 404 Not Found: Present the user with a "Not Found" error. (by default this happens 10% of the time)
  • Forms don't submit: Redirect back to the form during validation to prevent submission. (by default this happens 60% of the time)

There are hooks for developers to unleash and contrive more misery.

This project was inspired by the vBulletin hack; "Miserable Users".

If you want to give your trolls the silent treatment try the Cave module.

Releases

Official releasesDateSizeLinksStatus
6.x-1.32009-Sep-119.26 KBRecommended for 6.xThis is currently the recommended release for 6.x.


 
 

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