I've always used hide hack.
Firstly, hide hack for my V.I.P Area's as they are sectioned off by A-D, E-H, etc for certain reasons, anyone attempting to access content designated for specific usergroups has to reply, thus they are then banned from the forum. This helps keeps the RS and MU accounts alive for me.
Secondly, As far as I am aware, USAWarez has used Hide-Hack since 2007 when the site was at it's peak. And in 2006. Not everything was Hide-Hacked, only certain areas such as XXX Passwords, and huge threads that were stickied, and a few posts here and there.
It may piss off some, and a few complained, but out of the thousands that replied to view the content, most stayed, only 1-2 out of those thousands complained, and as a result I even saw more activity on behalf of the typical members whom wouldn't have dare posted.
Personally, Hide-Hack rules
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You should try it sometime.