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[mesnica]

spoiler
1. A remark which reveals important plot elements from books or movies, thus denying the reader (of the article) the proper suspense when reading the book or watching the movie.
2. Any remark which telegraphs the solution of a problem or puzzle, thus denying the reader the pleasure of working out the correct answer.
I strongly dislike

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[mesnica]

I'm actually not in any general DW or TW comm; mainly because I don't want them to spoil me. I've heard often enough how impossible they are about spoilery icons that it puts me off. Urgh.
I can somewhat understand how some people can be all excited about spoilers and seek them out, but I hate when those spoiler whores can't seem to understand that for other people, watching it unspoiled is the better way to go! And it's not only the internet either. I've stopped watching a general German news/documentations channel (and wrote them a bitter and direct email about it, too) because they spoil at times. Back when the last HP book came out (I'm not in the fandom, don't have any big interest in the books myself), they spoiled the ending not six hours after it was first possible to buy the book in English. That was still weeks before the book even was up for purchase in German and six hours to read a whole book honestly isn't possible for lots of people; how can a new channel then decide it's a good idea to put a summary that includes the ending in a ticker rolling through on the screen?