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whats a spoiler?

  • 20-09-2015 4:57pm
    #1
    dollyk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 602 ✭✭✭


    I was reading a post about silly things done at work
    one was about a name mispelling
    and then it was just a black box that said " spoiler"
    thanks.


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  • #2
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    dollyk wrote: »
    I was reading a post about silly things done at work
    one was about a name mispelling
    and then it was just a black box that said " spoiler"
    thanks.
    Its the hiding of something that is going to happen.
    Take a look at the soaps in the TV forum. Loads of examples.


  • #3
    Ken.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,898 ✭✭✭✭Ken.


    They are used mainly in the film,tv and sport forums as a way of hiding major plots/twists and results in sports. To unspoil you need to left click your mouse and drag it across the grey/black box. It is generally considered on forums that you do so at your own risk. I.e if you read a spoiler to the end of a film you wanted to watch it's your own fault.


  • #4
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,393 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    You use the spoiler tags if you want to hide what you are posting. Anyone who wishes to read it then has to click on and/or scroll through the blanked out message.

    They are often used to avoid posters inadvertently stumbling across something they may not yet wish to see, as they may be watching a recording/replay of something on TV later on. It could be a storyline in a Soap or a sports event/result. Often posters will post about the event openly in a thread, but put an alert in the thread title that the thread does include spoiler information.

    Hence if you don't want to know about what's happened, don't click on the spoiler.


  • #5
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,758 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Closing since this is both answered, and unrelated to boards.ie


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