"Spoiler": No such thing Anymore... Really. (Page 2)

But it's so easy to avoid... simply allude to the topic in the subject (in an forum such as this) and discuss the details in the body.

So rather than "Did you see how Lance won Stage 7" simply post "An amazing Stage 7 finish" and give details in the message body.

It's common courtesy.  I allows the delayed-viewing watcher the ability to see other non-spoiler posts w/o seeing the ones that would ruin the event.

Now in mediums such as FB and twitter where there is not a 2 stage process (see subject, click to see detailed message) then yeah... buyer beware...

But come one... how hard is it to not be a jerk about it?

I'd venture to say that it's not "spoliers" that have gone the way of the dodo on the 'net, but this, common courtesy.  You wouldn't walk up to a friend and say "You know XXXX won Stage 9?"

Oh man, things are really bad when TriRSquared and I are in agreement again.

I am one of those people who likes to know, for the most part, the plot of whatever book, movie, or TV show I am enjoying. Mrs. gearboy is the opposite (example - when Terminator 2 came out, I knew already that Ahnald was now a good guy, but she did not). So I keep things to myself. 

To not at least post on a header "Spoiler alert"; or to post invisibly (like this - so only people strongly motivated to be spoiled can see it. Or people who have already seen the event) is like walking into the movie theater and saying loudly "I am really forward to the part where they reveal that Bruce Willis was dead the whole time". 

Dang it.  I have that on my Tivo...jerk!

The funny thing is I recently did a talk about using movies in teaching psychotherapy, and showed a bunch of clips from 6th sense. A handful of people had not seen it, so I said "OK, then I won't tell you he's dead the whole time". Which, to be fair, could mean either Bruce or the creepy Haley Joel Osment when you are watching it. Or it could mean I really am a big jerk. 

I disagree too, but on the sole basis of time zones. Not so much for sports, as they are generally on at some ungodly hour - college football at 6:30am, why not? But for any TV shows or other things that are delayed.

For example: Survivor - they do not show it until Primetime in Hawaii, so I wouldn't get to watch it until 6 hours after those on the East Coast, nothing I can do about it. So when I get home from work at 5pm, ya'll have already watched it, but I don't have the option of watching it for another 3 hours, so a Spoiler Alert tag is nice. 

I mean there is a statute of limitations... that move is what?  10 (holy crap 13) years old...

Actually the Peloton forum is a better place to go, most everyone there knows the rules for race posting, if they accidentally post something as a spoiler I change the thread title so people know to stay out of it.

There are usually 2 posts for every stage, one for predictions and one specifically to discuss the stage.

I don't look at twitter until after I have seen the stage and try to stay out of FB to avoid seeing who won.

I think it's just common courtesy to make sure you aren't spoiling someone elses entertainment by telling them what happened. 

Agree with the bold. 

I got a few snarky responses for posting that a certain rider crashed during the TDF the day after it happened.  I figured the "Spoilers" warning was required for 24 hours.  But that rider ended up crashing on that day as well so in-effect, it was an inadvertent spoiler. 

Then again, I don't know how saying someone crashed during this year's tour could be a spoiler, I mean everyone has been through at least 1 wreck.

I think it's easy enough to say "Spoiler Alert" in the Subject line.  But yes, I think there should be time limits. 

It works with TdF because since Lance is no longer in the Tour, you're not likely to accidentally run across an MSN.com homepage that says "XX rider wins stage X in a sprint finish, XX out with a broken XX, XX takes over the XX jersey!"

Olympics will be tougher if you're talking about gymnastics, some track events (100 M), Swimming, B-Ball.  But Triathlon, Most track events, Team Handball, Ping Pong, etc. will be safe from spoilers in the media flow.