Hold for xxx seconds before downloading for Guests

pikachuturkey · Post by **pikachuturkey** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:35 pm

is there any extension for this?
if a guest want to download an attachment he/she must wait a little time like 5-10 seconds.

Lumpy Burgertushie · Post by **Lumpy Burgertushie** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 4:22 pm

what would be the point of this? what problem are you trying to solve?

robert

david63 · Post by **david63** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 4:33 pm

If that happened to me I would just go elsewhere

pikachuturkey · Post by **pikachuturkey** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 4:38 pm

Lumpy Burgertushie wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 04, 2018 4:22 pm
what would be the point of this? what problem are you trying to solve?

robert

Not me,

a User at my country's local help website asked this question. İ looked phpbb.com and search an extension but i couldn't find. Then i asked

Lumpy Burgertushie · Post by **Lumpy Burgertushie** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:08 pm

well, there is no extension that does that and I am not sure you will find anyone to create one since there would be little use for it by most people.
why not ask the people why they want this. ask them what problem they think it will solve etc.

often people come up with an idea to solve a problem that is not the best way to do it. if we know what the final outcome they are looking for is, then we might be able to suggest a better way to accomplish it.

robert

pikachuturkey · Post by **pikachuturkey** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 6:21 pm

Lumpy Burgertushie wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:08 pm
well, there is no extension that does that and I am not sure you will find anyone to create one since there would be little use for it by most people.
why not ask the people why they want this. ask them what problem they think it will solve etc.

often people come up with an idea to solve a problem that is not the best way to do it. if we know what the final outcome they are looking for is, then we might be able to suggest a better way to accomplish it.

robert

i asked him..
He said: "force users to spend more time on the site".
I told him what he said wasn't logical. but he thought

thank for your help

martti · Post by **martti** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 7:40 pm

Usually this kind of thing is done on a paid site. You get free access to everything, but only when you pay you get it instantly.

EA117 · Post by **EA117** » Sat Oct 20, 2018 1:00 am

martti wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 19, 2018 7:40 pm
Usually this kind of thing is done on a paid site. You get free access to everything, but only when you pay you get it instantly.

Agreed. If cynical, you could also say "it's to introduce subtle annoyance to encourage paid tier subscribers." But I really do think its more about "if you're insisting on free, we're going to scrape as much of your eyeball time against our ads as we can" so that they're maximizing what little money they can make even against "free" users.

But indeed, a "free tier, versus a paid tier" download site is probably exactly where they were introduced to this concept. Although some of the open source sites (e.g. sourceforge.net) do this too when redirecting you to their mirror site downloads. Again, presumably for the increased exposure and potential click-through on one of the ads they present on that "redirect" page.

Yes, to associate it with only "Guest" users, creation of a phpBB extension is probably required. If it was "everyone", you could almost pack everything needed into a BBCode definition, although it would work much smoother by putting the JavaScript in the overall footer of your site.

If "everyone", you also have non-phpBB-dependent workaround options, like directing your download URLs to an .html file which implements the delay. Showing whatever you're willing to create in the .html during the delay, before finally redirecting to the actual download.

John connor · Post by **John connor** » Sat Oct 20, 2018 2:14 am

This could help in preventing layer 7 HTTP attacks.

kustajuspin · Post by **kustajuspin** » Sat Oct 20, 2018 12:45 pm

I think reply to see the hidden files is better than wait a monment

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