Miserable User status? Who knew?

[glhs837]

So, on another forum I frequent and am a moderator on, we have a problem child who's basically abusing the for sale section. It's his only interaction, and it's clear he is selling a lot more than personal stuff. So, discussing this with admin, we were asked for our opinions on the following options. First two are normal stuff, the last two I didnt even know about

Restrict his access to that subforum

Permaban him for not heeding previous warnings.

Put him "In conventry" where only us mods and admins can see his posts, but nobody else.

Give him "Miserable User" status. Here's what that does........

When classed as miserable, a member suffers ;

1. Slow response (time delay) on every page (20 to 60 seconds default).
2. A chance they will get the "server busy" message (50% by default).
3. A chance that no search facilities will be available (75% by default).
4. A chance they will get redirected to another preset page (25% & homepage by default).
5. A chance they will simply get a blank page (25% by default).
6. Post flood limit increased by a defined factor (10 times by default).
7. If they get past all this okay, then they will be served up their proper page.

Note: All the above options are set in the vBulletin Options.

talk about your evil genius...........

 

[withrespect]

So, on another forum I frequent and am a moderator on, we have a problem child who's basically abusing the for sale section. It's his only interaction, and it's clear he is selling a lot more than personal stuff. So, discussing this with admin, we were asked for our opinions on the following options. First two are normal stuff, the last two I didnt even know about

Restrict his access to that subforum

Permaban him for not heeding previous warnings.

Put him "In conventry" where only us mods and admins can see his posts, but nobody else.

Give him "Miserable User" status. Here's what that does........




talk about your evil genius...........

You're cheating on us with another forum?!?

 

[kwillia]

So, on another forum I frequent and am a moderator on, we have a problem child who's basically abusing the for sale section. It's his only interaction, and it's clear he is selling a lot more than personal stuff. So, discussing this with admin, we were asked for our opinions on the following options. First two are normal stuff, the last two I didnt even know about

Restrict his access to that subforum

Permaban him for not heeding previous warnings.

Put him "In conventry" where only us mods and admins can see his posts, but nobody else.

Give him "Miserable User" status. Here's what that does........




talk about your evil genius...........

Sweeeeeeet!

That is until I suddenly get slow response (time delay) on every page (20 to 60 seconds default), "server busy" message (50% by default), no search facilities will be available (75% by default), redirected to another preset page (25% & homepage by default), simply get a blank page (25% by default), and my flood limit increased by a defined factor (10 times by default) trying to post on the forums...

 

[Misfit]

Don't give Vrai any ideas!

 

[glhs837]

You're cheating on us with another forum?!?

I'm polyforumous that way. Motorcycle, Samurai, Chargers, oh and the Isuzone for the daughters Geo Storm.

 

[glhs837]

Don't give Vrai any ideas!

I'm not worrried Are you?

 

[kwillia]

I'm not worrried Are you?

That's only because you are confident in your skills of speedy posting.

 

[withrespect]

I'm not worrried Are you?

I am!

 

[glhs837]

I am!

You of all people should not be worried, if you were a headline, you would be whats called "clickbait"

 

[withrespect]

You of all people should not be worried, if you were a headline, you would be whats called "clickbait"

Except most of my posts are complaining about life experiences. I'm not miserable, I'm just not good at life.

 

[Misfit]

You of all people should not be worried, if you were a headline, you would be whats called "clickbait"

clickbait sounds dirty

 

[glhs837]

sure does, but it's not.

"This Grandma thought she was getting her hair done, but she never expected what happened next!!!!"

"You wont believe where this wrench ended up!""""""

"Man proposes to woman, then something amazing happened!!!!!"

 

[vraiblonde]

You of all people should not be worried, if you were a headline, you would be whats called "clickbait"

Love that!

 

[Monello]

clickbait sounds dirty

 

[slotpuppy]

clickbait sounds dirty

Sounds like a stripper name to me.

 

[Tilted]

You of all people should not be worried, if you were a headline, you would be whats called "clickbait"

Does that actually exist? I thought it was an urban legend.

 

[Hank]

I had clickbaits... and let me tell ya, they are not easy to get rid of!

 

[MMDad]

talk about your evil genius...........

Passive-aggressive much? If you have someone repeatdely violating the rules why not just give them the boot?

 

[glhs837]

Does that actually exist? I thought it was an urban legend.

Not really, it does exist and to be honest, my usage was a bit off from the "clinical" definition which defines it as a headline thats misleading soley to get the reader to click it to drive site views. It's getting more commonly used as I did, to describe the sort of headlines, that while accurate, still are worded in such a way as to draw you to the site to get the best part of the story. Most commonly seen in the recommended FB posts.

 

[glhs837]

Passive-aggressive much? If you have someone repeatdely violating the rules why not just give them the boot?

Don't know, that's I've always done, I wield the permaban stick with wild abandon Never knew this existed. I suppose it's a punishment, which can be hard to apply to forum users.