/yoyohack

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#Yoyohack

What is this?

A badly written spambot.

How does it work?

YYGF had a bad flood control mechanism - if you pressed the reply button rapidly then 5-6 posts would get through. Then I figured I could make a spambot if I could send asynchronous AJAX requests.

What is YYGF?

An obscure forum that had only a dozen users before it was shut down. Archive

Why does it look like it's written by a 13 year old?

Because it was written by a 13 year old. At least the latter part. I had no idea how the code actually works I just needed something that would send a form without refreshing the page so I copied the code from a website (credits to Pukos) This was almost a decade ago.

What was your motivation?

Revenge + a lot of immaturity.

Why was it shut down?

It was shut down because of a hacking attack. Not mine though. A guy named Patrick was much more sinister in this and he hacked the forum's user database and that's why it was shut down.

Did they ban you?

Yes but I was granted amnesty. (spoiler: Patrick was too)

Have you participated in any recent attacks on YYG?

No.