Blabberizer

[JackRock]

One option might be offer a way to localize it to a specific board.  on some areas I moderate that use SMF forum, we want to be able to blabberize a user's posts, but only in one or two sections.

[Smurfbutcher Bob]

Hmmm...

The challenge I see is that the current permission (which is based on "Edit Account Settings (any)") isn't appropriate for a board-level moderator, which is how I'd like to see it work.  The existing permission obviously works well with a global moderator, though, so blabberizing "per-board" shouldn't be too much of a stretch - the caveat being that a "normal" moderator would need a global mod (or admin) to perform the blabberizing.

That'd work, but... I think a board-level mod should be able to do it by themselves, if allowed.  Lemme think about it over the weekend and see what I come up with.

[jvan]

Thank you so much for this wonderful mod. I love your sense of humor!

[anshar]

@Smurfbutcher Bob

I've found a way to read blabbleblized user posts by going to his profil and click on "Show the last posts of this person". Maybe you could add encrypting to this place too?

[Smurfbutcher Bob]

Hey, Anshar!

I specifically only did the main board view, and avoided any other ways that aren't the normal viewing (reply, quote, view-recent, rss, etc).

The tool's primary use is to send a warning to the poster, and (hopefully) disarm them - for the purpose of reigning them back in.  It's not meant to actually censor, so there's lots of ways to (still) read the message. It's just a wake-up call for the poster, hopefully so that you can keep them as a user.

The tool's secondary use is to abuse your users. We occasionally run a "boneheaded comment" contest. The winner gets blabberized for a couple of days.  We also have a couple of good friends who get blabberized anytime and everytime they contradict the board-op about anything, no matter how wrong the board-op is.  They can still participate as the board enjoys their "prize", because everyone can still read their posts. It's good fun, and the users love it. 

As a general rule, if a message is so evil that it should not be viewed... you're better off killing it. Also look into vWarn, or visual warning mod, etc.

Make sense?

[unrelenting]

Can anyone give me the code to manually add that will force the blah code in the quotes when someone quotes the blah blah post? Surely there's a way to do that.

[mrwconnected]

I love the idea of this mod, but i can't get it to work.  I installed the package through the installer and it says it installed without issue (SMF 1.1.5).  However, i don't have the blabberizer options i should have in the admin end.  What did i mess up?

Thanks,
Jeff

[Smurfbutcher Bob]

The only possible screws to come loose are related to custom themes. The mod can (obviously) only install into the default one.

Instructions for manually editing your themes can be found in a readme.txt that's included in the zip file.

I'll be in the wilds of Alaska for a couple of weeks starting tomorrow, so I won't be able to reply until I get back. Make a backup of any files you touch BEFORE you touch them, and give it a shot.

[unrelenting]

Is there any way to remove the quote button for posts that are blabberized? This will keep the person who has been blabberized from getting their drivel read when someone quotes them.

To be honest I installed this over a year ago and this may have already been added to newer releases. If so, just let me know.

[LP]

This looks like it would be incredibly funny.  My forum would LOVE it.  Wish I could figure out how to make it work for SMF 2.0 RC1.2.  The Profile.php file has changed so much since this was written, it is difficult to figure out how to adapt it.

[mattio41]

I know it is an old topic, but please get this written for 2.0 !!! Pretty please

[danielwmoore]

I know it is an old topic, but please get this written for 2.0 !!! Pretty please

Yes, and now it's 2 years older. This would be hilarious to utilize.

However, I'd like to see someone create a new mod for this for 2.0.*, one that would automatically activate on a certain date (April 1st, of course), and either:
Blabberize all odd numbered posts displayed
or
Blabberize the post that belong to the person reading the posts.

That would be a fabulous April Fool's Day joke, if anyone is up for it before the end of March.

[Sakae]

A few years later, but I still have hope on it

[TheListener]

A few years later, but I still have hope on it

You will have to make a new topic within Mod Requests.