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[Dr. Buni]

I love spoilers.

 

[Moon_frogger]

I had a Facebook friend spoil a key characters death in the show 'mad men' not 2 hours after the episode aired. She just blurted it out in a Facebook status in all caps. I commented to say the episode just came out and I hadn't watched it yet, thanks for the spoiler. I then got a lecture on 'spoiler culture' told I was ridiculous, that it doesn't matter if I know about plot related surprises in advance, I should enjoy the show a certain way, etc. I unfollowed her then and there.


I think the term 'spoiler culture' is absurd, or at least used in an absurd context most of the time. You think it's ok to blurt out the events of the game of thrones season finale on social media in all caps? That people are too 'sensitive' and story surprises 'don't matter'? That makes you an asshole, end of discussion.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Ive actually gotten a bit sensitive about perception surrounding an upcoming anticipated game rather than story or mechanics ones. Just got done with people chiming in on ZTD as I finished it up going in with vague detractions or platitudes. Im an iconoclast and it was tugging on my emotional state; I can imagine some others who blow in the wind of public opinion. Then there was Dark Souls 2 before that.

Its part of the reason ive sworn off ANY Cold Steel or Persona reading. The wierd sniping over battleground characters is too voliatile, especially cs2 which is out and played now.

 

[Melchiah]

Until the next episode is aired is the right answer. I unfollow/unfriend people on FB, who break the code of conduct, and so do many others in my circles. If you don't have even a slightest sense of common courtesy, don't expect people to want to remain in touch with you.

 

[Monocle]

For you, sure I agree. That doesn't mean others don't like, or at least don't mind having a better understanding of foreshadowing with context.

You speak with such absolutes, some people don't want to watch/play/read a work twice.

I mean, naturally I'm viewing this through the lens of my own experience. People don't have to go through works twice if they don't want to. But if they're good enough, why not?

I like to think that most artists design their narrative works to be experienced in the order in which they're presented. If they want you to know something in advance, they can tell you. While I wouldn't claim anyone is strictly obligated to honor the artist's intentions, I feel like the least I can do as an audience member is be open to a work's implicit suggestion to start at the beginning.

Personally, I've never had an experience with any kind of media that was improved by spoilers. Not even once, as far as I can remember.

Nah, i'm a big fan of mistery series and discovering unknown stuff. Spoilers definitely dampen the enjoyment of stuff like that.

But i also know that not seeing spoilers is primarily my own responsibility. I don't go read discussions of something i don't want to be spoiled off for example. Or watch trailers of it.

I can (and sometimes do) these things after the fact if i don't have the time to consume said entertainment at release.


Especially on places like GAF people are courteous about spoilers, I've never been spoiled unless i deliberately went into threads about the game itself. And that's on me, and i don't accuse poster 154 of being a dick because i saw a spoiler.

It's true there are common sense ways to reduce the chance you'll see unwanted spoilers. Some people are careless or just plain inconsiderate though. And outside of GAF, all bets are off. I saw a major spoiler for Season 4 of The Americans in the comments section of some totally unrelated article.

 

[Visualante2]

"Spoil the ending of your favorite game with no context." is doing the rounds for some reason on Twitter.

You've got a bunch of clowns posting thinly veiled spoilers for good games. Even when they get the "no context" part, if you're remotely familiar with the people you're following you can probably guess the game anyway.

I can perhaps understand doing this with bad games, or stupid endings. But straight up spoiling the ending of your favourite game in front of all your followers is bad taste.

 

[Green Card]

Good timing: http://universityofcalifornia.edu/news/spoiler-alert-spoilers-make-you-enjoy-stories-more

Maybe this is true for most people but definitely not me. I've enjoyed Game of Thrones episodes less when I knew what was happening because of some shithead on Facebook. Though if I (thought I) knew what was happening because of the book it was different because I got to see if they kept the same or changed things.

And I don't need people to understand why I don't want spoilers. Just don't be an asshole and take two seconds to use spoiler tags.