Spoilers Options

[*Steven*]

Sooooo. Are spoilers worth getting upset over? Should people who put spoilers up (whether true or false) in a thread without first warning that they're spoilers to that book get in trouble? Should the decision to punish be decided on the book?

Discuss :)

[retaliate]

Even after all of that, its still just a book
If someone were to ruin the book for you in person(IE, see you with the book and ruin the ending for you) what would you do? Attempt to punish them? Call the police?

I read the spoilers and still read the HP book, and I felt that I still thoroughly enjoyed the book.

Getting so upset over something is childish.

[brooklyneast05]

Getting so upset over something is childish.

yea but i feel posting spoilers with the intention to upset people is more childish

and some of the spoilers( ie. the ones that weren't labeled) were there for no reason but to spoil it for people.

[*superstitious*]

yea but i feel posting spoilers with the intention to upset people is more childish

and some of the spoilers( ie. the ones that weren't labeled) were there for no reason but to spoil it for people.

That there is what I find to be upsetting. The intent to upset people, especially when it is made clear to you that it *is* upsetting people.

Now, one could say... how do you that someone's intention is to upset? Well, if you were asked/told "please don't spoil, people have been looking forward to this and it isn't fair to them to have it ruined for them" and you continue to do so, obviously you are doing that with the intention of upsetting because you were specifically told what the result would be.

Sure, not *everyone* is bothered or upset with spoilage. That's just grand, really. However, how much of an effort is it, truly, just to be respectful of those who have such a reaction to these things? Is it really so much to ask to do something as simple as posting a spoiler warning and use a couple of tags? Are people that engrossed in the idea of ruining things? Even if things don't turn out the way it was posted (in the spoiler), was the intent truly not to upset or ruin things? Especially when there are places/threads that already have speculation brewing?

I think that is the root of what I find troublesome. Spoilers happen. In the perfect world (or at least in my perfect little fangirl kingdom) it wouldn't. Man, if I knew ahead of time how season 3 of Lost was going to end, I would be really bummed because part of what made that last episode so powerful and so dramatic was not knowing what was going to happen. Unfortunately, sometimes you just come across these things. Sometimes people will post a spoiler, not knowing that it isn't cool to do so. Hey, they didn't know, you know? But when they *do* know, why then would they continue?

I post more questions than answers. Sorry guys, I've never been too savvy with debates.

Oh by the way, I already have an ulcer. Wasn't caused by spoilers though. (Kidding...well, actually I really do have an ulcer) :[