Timeline for "Possible spoilers" in the title, and what to do about it
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| Apr 17, 2014 at 7:31 | comment | added | ꓢPArcheon | @RobertHarvey - I will keep an eye on that. Anyway, even without the Hot Questions list you would have the problem "watch one, avoid all": you can't take the risk of browsing the whole board while you are following a shown - basically you are keeping the users who follow the series out of the site, preventing them to answer to other question too. To answer a question on a serie you should watch it, but if you watch it you don't want to look at the questions. | |
| Apr 16, 2014 at 15:22 | comment | added | user102937 | @SPArchaeologist: The Hot Questions problem is adequately covered here | |
| Apr 16, 2014 at 7:53 | comment | added | ꓢPArcheon | @RobertHarvey - there is problem: if we are going to accept your point of view, then anytime you are watching a show you should avoid the sci-fi board. Even if you just wanted to post a reply in some other post. And while you are at it, avoid SO also. You don't wont to be spoiled by the "hot questions" list while you are replying to some jquery question. | |
| Apr 16, 2014 at 1:57 | comment | added | Jaydles Staff | Yeah, the problem with title spoilers is that you often see them on hot questions, or on the the home page when you're not going to anything GoT (or whatever) related on purpose. I'm a big proponent of descriptive, stand alone titles, but I also don't want to have to avoid the entire sci-fi site until I've seen every show and read every book that might have major spoilers. Secrets are hard. | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 23:45 | comment | added | user102937 | It would be an easy rule to apply (I daresay non-controversial), were it not for Google searches. | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 23:41 | comment | added | Bernhard Barker | @RobertHarvey I think it's interrelated (this can probably be seen as a more general version of that post) - that's just about Hot Network Questions, where this is about the title appearing anywhere, and Bill suggested a "no spoilers in titles" rule, which is largely what this question is all about (the practice of applying said 'rule'). | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 22:32 | comment | added | user102937 | @JoeW Yes, but that's a different problem, specifically mentioned in the OP (see meta.stackexchange.com/questions/224108/…). | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 22:31 | comment | added | Joe W | /Shrug doesn't do much good if you are on Stack Overflow for work and happen to see the question title with the spoiler in the Hot Network Question section. | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 22:25 | comment | added | user102937 | @JoeW: For a day or two. Or, until the person can watch "Game of Thrones, episode six." Seriously, if you really don't want to be spoiled, you shouldn't be on sites that talk about your favorite TV show. | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 22:24 | comment | added | Bernhard Barker | Well, it could show up on Hot Network Questions when visiting another site, one could encounter it (the title) simply while innocently browsing Science Fiction & Fantasy, one could look for a specific (different) Game of Thrones question, and end up seeing this title in the results. | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 22:24 | comment | added | Joe W | The problem is that if people are putting spoilers in the title then it will discourage some users from using the sci-fi site and others like it in order to avoid spoilers. | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 22:21 | history | answered | user102937 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |