Could people not post Olympics spoilers?

[iemanja]

Many competitions aren't broadcasted until prime time. I really prefer not to know who wins because it makes it less fun to watch.
Please consider not posting spoilers.

Or perhaps you could avoid posting the athletes name in the title? Like Results of women's all around instead of_____ wins All-Around? That way people who don't want to know don't see the results.

Thanks.

[FBaggins]

1. I'm planning on binge watching over the weekend

Would everyone hold off commenting until then for me?

Oh… and please reach out to CNN, ESPN, and all my news feeds for me.

I promise to post a thread letting you know when it’s ok to discuss with other DUers.

[Wednesdays]

4. And I avoid CNN, ESPN etc. these days for that reason

As for DUers, it's something called common courtesy.

[FBaggins]

14. I think you've confused news and entertainment

It's a common courtesy to not disclose the plot of a prime time show between east and west coast air times... and it's a common courtesy not to gab about the movie that just hit the theaters but most fans haven't seen it yet.

But worldwide news that hits every front page and popped up in three different notifications on my phone this morning?

Nah. If you want to avoid that news you shouldn't be on DU either.

[Native]

9. LOL

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. These are some of my favorite threads.

[FakeNoose]

3. Actually it would be nice if we had a separate thread JUST for Olympics

I don't think the comments concerning the Olympics should get mixed up in the "general" discussion forum anyway.

(1) Not everyone is watching the Olympics
(2) The ones who are watching don't want to see spoilers
(3) Among those who are watching, there's only a small minority who feel like posting comments

[underpants]

5. Well let me just say this about skateboarding

We are getting the results you’d expect sending skateboarders who can pass drug tests.

[GopherGal]

11. Ahhh, that explains some things.

Thank you for putting 2 and 2 together for me.

[zuul]

6. Thank you! This is only the 4th or 5th OP asking people NOT TO POST RESULTS in the title

and still they persist. It's fucking inconsiderate.

[bamagal62]

16. Agree. And, I have purposefully

Turned the channel if there is a hint of an Olympic update. I don’t want to know the outcome ahead of time. It ruins the fun. Sure I’ll still watch if I accidentally find out before hand. But, I prefer to that anticipation and element of surprise.

[Mosby]

7. People shouldn't be posting about the Olympics in LBN.

In that forum, you have to post the exact title of the article. According to the SoP, its for important news of national interest.

[IcyPeas]

8. Perhaps a pinned reminder notice at the top of General Discussion to not post spoilers?

[Tommy Carcetti]

10. I've had to mute countless terms on Twitter just to avoid spoilers.

It's worked, somewhat, but not perfect.

Sucks when the time difference is 12 hours apart and nothing is live, but what are you gonna do?

[Crazyleftie]

12. SPOILERS ARE OK

Because I don't watch TV.

[USALiberal]

13. Which post are you talking about for example

[EX500rider]

15. I'd say this one:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142777042

[WhiskeyGrinder]

17. Imagine being annoyed about LBN in the LBN forum.

[EX500rider]

18. It annoyed me...does not air till tonight. nt

[Retrograde]

20. But it already happened

The world does not run on US time (and even here we have several time zones). If the worst thing that happens to anyone is that they hear the outcome of a sporting event before they had a chance to watch it themselves - well, I'm not going to lose any sleep about it.

What I do find interesting is that Ms Lee's feat make the front page of the Guardian's UK edition this morning: they can be as Britocentric as the US is Americacentric.

[iemanja]

22. It's on the front page

I didn't go into the LBN forum. You don't give a shit. You made your point. Some of us do.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

23. You can make your landing page any page on this site by using a bookmark.

[iemanja]

21. I gave the example in the OP

It's at the top of the home page.

[Poiuyt]

19. K&R

[Thunderbeast]

24. SPOILER!

A group of nine women wearing funny white suits and masks advanced to the gold medal round of the Womens Fencing (Foil) competition!