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Skinner

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10. I think both sides have some responsibility here.

Reply to HuckleB (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 28, 2012, 02:06 PM

Jul 2012

Posting spoilers in thread titles isn't cool. If you want to be considerate of others, don't post them in our thread titles. And if you want to be super considerate, you should put a spoiler warning in your thread title.

HAVING SAID THAT, If you are someone who wants to avoid seeing spoilers, you should not be hanging out on a public message board or other social media. Because chances are that someone is going to post a spoiler, and you are going to see it.

It's just common courtesy and common sense.

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HEY< NO OLYMPIC SPOILERS ASSHOLES! [View all] Bennyboy Jul 2012 OP

Agreed. Put all those asinine posts in one thread that people can choose to go into. GodlessBiker Jul 2012 #1

If you don't want spoilers, don't go online. HuckleB Jul 2012 #2

meh -- it's also quite simple to put a spoiler alert in a subject line fishwax Jul 2012 #3

It's also pointless. HuckleB Jul 2012 #4

no, it's courteous fishwax Jul 2012 #5

What would be courteous is to not throw a temper tantrum because one went online and ...... HuckleB Jul 2012 #7

Yes, that would be courteous. It would also be courteous to keep spoilers out of subject lines. fishwax Jul 2012 #8

If one is online, it's actually mildly difficult to avoid spoilers of any kind. HuckleB Jul 2012 #12

Actually, it wouldn't be difficult at all if one poster would simply edit their subject lines fishwax Jul 2012 #15

It's fairly simple when a handful of idiot 4chan refugees aren't being d-bags. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2012 #17

I think both sides have some responsibility here. Skinner Jul 2012 #10

Maybe early on in the Internet age, but not anymore. HuckleB Jul 2012 #11

It's really not that difficult to put spoilers in the message body rather than the subject line. Skinner Jul 2012 #14

Knowing that anyone who goes online is already ensuring that they are likely to see results... HuckleB Jul 2012 #18

Skinner disagrees. (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #19

Cool. HuckleB Jul 2012 #22

And if you don't want to follow Skinner's rules, get the fuck off his website! 11 Bravo Jul 2012 #21

LOL! HuckleB Jul 2012 #23

Easily amused, aren't you? Perhaps when Skinner responded "SELF-DELETE THAT SHIT RIGHT NOW!" 11 Bravo Jul 2012 #24

AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service (see #4) Ha!!! NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #26

Fully agree gopiscrap Jul 2012 #29

Completely agree. nclib Jul 2012 #6

HEY<NO ASSHOLES OLYMPIC SPOILERS pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #9

I think it's great to have threads discussing the competitions, but spoilers in the subject line myrna minx Jul 2012 #13

Yeah. I'm baffled at the people doing so deliberately. What're they trying to accomplish? (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #20

Well, I won't be posting any results at all, so MineralMan Jul 2012 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #25

People have been posting results in the subject line. yewberry Jul 2012 #27

Someone was posting winners in the *subject* line, not in the in the body of a post. myrna minx Jul 2012 #28