[Sky]

BYTES PER POST INCREASED
Omniscient announced an increase in bytes earned through posting. With this change, users will now receive 3 bytes per post instead of 1. Upgraded members will still see an increase in bytes earned based on their tier. Leet members will receive 4.5 bytes per post, while Ub3R members will receive 6 bytes per post. You can learn more about this and other bytes reward increases by viewing his thread here.

E-WHORING REBRANDED
During Octoberfest we received an update which resulted in the E-Whoring section being rebranded to Adult Content Management. The fIcon which has been used for years was also replaced with a new design. You can view the announcement and discussions on these changes by checking out this thread.

CREW USERBARS UPDATE
A recent change to custom crew userbars has increased the max file size from 60k to 150k. This is intended to help incentivize members to upgrade their images or even rebrand the entire crew. You can see the post announcing this update by clicking here.

SITE STATS

Total

• Posts: 62,170,399
  
• Threads: 62,170,399
  
• Members: 5,442,882
  

Average

• Daily Posts: 10,298.69
  
• Daily Threads: 1,036.6
  
• Daily New Members: 901.83
  
• Posts Per Member: 11.42
  
• Replies Per Thread: 8.94
  

GROUP COUNTS

Groups (Click to View)

• Allegiance
  
  • Owner: SIM-3323508
    
  • Leaders:
    
  • Members: 17
    
• Blacklisted
  
  • Owner: Immortal
    
  • Leaders:
    
  • Members: 1
    
• COINED
  
  • Owner: Migos
    
  • Leaders: Komodo
    
  • Members: 31
    
• Eden
  
  • Owner: Neal Caffrey
    
  • Leaders: Lrrr IDK
    
  • Members: 58
    
• Equilibrium
  
  • Owner: Soulmate～っ☆
    
  • Leaders: Wander Allelujah
    
  • Members: 26
    
• Fallen
  
  • Owner: 7
    
  • Leaders: Cooligan
    
  • Members: 19
    
• Gamblers
  
  • Owner: @N@
    
  • Leaders: Lavish Living Zexo Immortal StuffSneak [mention=5051324]
    
  • Members: 30
    
• Infamous
  
  • Owner: SUI-3183372
    
  • Leaders: iNviZ Eagle 95 SIM-1729678 Proof
    
  • Members: 29
    
• Legends
  
  • Owner: Raymond Reddington
    
  • Leaders: DamienVC TheChiеf 7 [mention=5037217]
    
  • Members: 56
    
• Lions League
  
  • Owner: flavoral
    
  • Leaders: Vitani Parks Cooligan
    
  • Members: 18
    
• Olympians
  
  • Owner: Neil
    
  • Leaders: [mention=4227846] B3A Seaking Rionxee Biggs Gary Clark Jr.
    
  • Members: 22
    
• Pink LSZ
  
  • Owner: Zero
    
  • Leaders: Lavish Living Maxorg Xen @N@ @grainy@ Zexo [mention=3707989]
    
  • Members: 76
    
• PROFIT
  
  • Owner: Neil
    
  • Leaders:
    
  • Members: 30
    
• Refactor
  
  • Owner: Porn
    
  • Leaders:
    
  • Members: 55
    
• Secret Society
  
  • Owner: [mention=4873170]
    
  • Leaders: CHRONOS
    
  • Members: 15
    
• Sociopaths
  
  • Owner: Kawen
    
  • Leaders:
    
  • Members: 8
    
• Succubus
  
  • Owner: SecretAchiever101
    
  • Leaders: SourceCode101
    
  • Members: 8
    
• Terminal
  
  • Owner: Neal Caffrey
    
  • Leaders:
    
  • Members: 6
    
• The Brotherhood
  
  • Owner: Nuworld
    
  • Leaders: [mention=420] Xen illuminati▲
    
  • Members: 22
    
• The Marketers
  
  • Owner: [mention=4227846]
    
  • Leaders: Envy Proof
    
  • Members: 25
    
• Warriors
  
  • Owner: Cap
    
  • Leaders: Sky Envy Komodo
    
  • Members: 32
    

---

GROUP & CREW NEWS

Blacklisted has been purchased by Immortal

Succubus group is still listed for sale by SecretAchiever101
Marketers group is still listed for sale by [mention=4227846]
COINED group has been listed for sale by Migos
Profit group is still listed for sale by Neil

The Feds crew has been listed for sale by Scrubspoof
BlackCats crew is still listed for sale by Zexo
Mafia crew is still listed for sale by T0fu
Red Lions crew is still listed for sale by B3A

---

RECRUITMENTS

Warriors Open-Recruitment
Equilibrium Recruitment
Gamblers Buy-in & Recruitment
Marketers Recruitment
Marketers Buy-in
Olympians Recruitment
Pink LSZ Recruitment
Red Lions Recruitment
Mast3r Recruitment

You can view Groups & Crews of past and present here: https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=6177244

USER NEWS

Komodo has received the Sticky Man award for his guide on the cardiovascular system and electrocardiograms.
Komodo has received the White Hat Helper award for his efforts in the Health Wise section.
Charlie Sheen has received the Silver Medal award for giving away free L33T upgrades.
DemonAsylum has received the MAGA's of the Universe award.
Local Celeb has received the Music Lover award.
Sky has received the Qwazz Star and iHydra awards.
Proof has received the Infamous Delta award.

DemonAsylum and Sky have reached 5,000 posts.
Bastille has reached 2,000 popularity points.
DemonAsylum has reached 3,000 positive b-ratings without a negative rating.

Proof and Migos have been appointed as HF Convo moderators.

BANS & CLOSURES

Mr. Robot was closed for scamming a member for $8,000.
POLLUX was closed for scamming members.
LoremIpsum was banned for excessive deal disputes.
Biggs received a 2-day ban for making false reports.
Many ban-evading fatties were banned and closed during the month of October as well.

VACATIONS
Nuts took a 1-month vacation ban.
Allelujah took a 1-month vacation ban.
[mention=5051324] took a 1-month vacation ban.

AWARD PRICE INCREASED
The Bytes Bag is about to get a bit more expensive. An announcement was made that the award as of November 1st will be re-valued at 30,000 bytes. With the announcement, it was also mentioned that the price would continue to increase over time. More of an incentive to go ahead and purchase the award now while it is still cheap. And with the recent updates in bytes per post, it's easier now than before. You can read the thread discussing the change here.

CAPTCHA REMOVED
After several users discussed complications due to Cloudflare Captcha, the decision was made to remove the Captcha. This should make posting and replying to PM's easier for newer members. These changes may revert back if it proves to be problematic. You can find more information in this thread.

WARNING LEVEL CHANGES

Some changes were made to the Warning System in order to be a little less harsh than before. Posting limitation times have been reduced along with a decreased ban lengths. You can view the list of warnings, their values and effects by taking a look at this thread.

SUPPORT THE HF NEWS

If you would like to support Scribe and Writ3rs, feel free to wear our support signature.

Code

[align=center][url=https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=6255273][img]https://images2.imgbox.com/42/5f/n5Mnml1G_o.png[/img][/url][/align]

[DemonAsylum]

Really appreciate the continued effort with the news! Another great edition as expected. Keep them coming!

[msmithham2346]

i will 100% support Scribe and Writ3rs

The Signature is used !

[Vеrt]

Looks great OP! Thanks for always giving us a great update.

[Biggy]

Another great edition as always.

Nice job Sky

[Nostre]

Great edition as always. Implementing the HUM standings looks good as well.

[StuffSneak]

Thank you for the update. Appreciate the efforts!

[Bastille]

Wasn't aware that the bytes per post increased, good to know ! Also glade to see that EW activity has been removed from Hack section

Congrats Komodo for your White Hat Helper award, I'm praying to get this one every day

[Neil]

Great edition as always Sky
Can’t wait to see the future ones

[Sky]

Noticed I forgot to update the link in the signature to this thread. Fixed.

[Cyam]

Thank you for this man! Some of this stuff I would definitely miss if not for your news threads! Keep up the great work

[Omniscient]

October was a pretty cool month. Thanks for the summary and hopefully we have a banger of a Xmas season.

[Sky]

October was a pretty cool month. Thanks for the summary and hopefully we have a banger of a Xmas season.

Any plans with the ornaments this year?

[Biggy]

October was a pretty cool month. Thanks for the summary and hopefully we have a banger of a Xmas season.

Agreed! Everyone loves a good old HF award.

Excited for what XMAS season will bring on HF, let’s go!

[BiNBo]

Another amazing article! Thanks for all your continued hard work! Sky