Mark your Spoilers please!

Hi guys,

Of all the e-mails we receive on a daily basis, probably the #1 complaint we get from users is "I didn't want to read that!", meaning the member stumbled blindly into a thread which contained spoilers but wasn't marked as such.

It would be of GREAT help to us -- when you post something that hasn't happened yet, whether it's found online or in a magazine, or whereever -- if you could PLEASE remember to select the "SPOILER" Prefix from the drop down (to the left of where you fill in the topic title).

That way, people who get upset about such things are less likely to stumble upon articles they didn't want to read before it happened. Spoilers are like potato chips. You can't just read one (word) then click back. By the time you've read enough to get the thread, you've already spoiled your appetite for tomorrow's events.

Thanks very much,

Wayne

I agree that people tend to reveal the spoiler in the title, and I do try to change them when I see them. That is usually mostly what folks complain about. However, no one reports the error, so I just cannot get to them all as easily as I did in the past.

Unfortunately Kathy, the only way that would work is if Barb and I (and Sparkster) moderated every single post before it went live.

There's just no way to accomplish that 24/7, even if we had a dozen people on full-time staff. Luckily, we shouldn't HAVE TO if people would just remember to follow the simple rules as already posted. (See the Terms and Rules link at the bottom of the page). All I'm asking is that people be a little considerate of others when posting things that might contain spoilers.

Wayne