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New rule regarding posting untagged game spoilers (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The rule is: DON'T

if a game was released too recently, or worse yet, it's unreleased, use the Spoiler tag to wrap all the offending content in the body text, and don't type any spoiler into the title. Properly indicating there are spoilers inside the post is very recommend too. Oh, and as suggested by some people, major story spoilers from old games should be avoided as well!

What is "too recently"? Basically, use your common sense for this one. If you think there is still a lot of people playing the game for the first time, then that is a good indicator that you shouldn't be saying out loud that Darth Vader kills Dumbledore and things like that.

Thanks for your understanding.

Edit: and this new rule has already been edited, thanks everyone for the suggestions.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good rule. Spoilers suck. Personally I also think spoilers for old games stink as well, especially if you're a patient gamer. For example, spoiling the secret from Bioshock ruins the impact of the ending, no matter how old that game is.

Also just a reminder that Lemmy has spoiler tags as well (triangle with an exclamation mark icon), so if in doubt use them, like so:

spoiler

Dumbledore did not have the high ground.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the reminder, but that only works for text, right? If it works for images or anything else, then the NSFW tag won't be needed after all, but you got me wondering that now.