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Hold your horses. I’m not going to spoil the next MGS plot line or who dies next in Game of Thrones. But it’s hard these days not to be spoiled about anything. Who’s to blame? Well, the internet, social media, your friends and… yourself!

The internet is a tool that spoils us. Literally. The endless ‘leaks’ of upcoming smartphones has ridiculed launch events to a point that some consider them redundant. We’ve also grown to accept it as a sort of ritual for each year’s E3 to have 'leaked' scripts of Nintendo games to be announced. All of these raise the question: do we have to accept being spoiled while we browse online? Is it an integral part of it?

We use social media for various reasons. To connect with friends, keep in touch with news and… getting spoiled? Remember that massive spoiler from The Walking Dead’s official facebook page? I'm sure you must have had other similar personal experiences, be it via your friends' or other pages' feeds/tweets. Don't these actions question our reason to be hyped about anything?

What about our friends? They might be spoiler-friendly and casually drop the twist of a game’s plot during a conversation. Do you have to explicitly tell them you are spoiler-friendly/unfriendly? In extreme cases, will it lead to us redefining our circle of friends?

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How to protect yourself from spoilers? Well, it’s actually your responsibility. You could tell your friends about it if you are having a conversation prone to involve spoilers. On social media, you could unfollow or stop receiving feeds from people and/or pages that post news you don’t want to hear beforehand. You could also get yourself up-to-date. Watch that episode, play that game, read that book... It would get many happy and keep conversations longer and more interesting.

Spoilers can be more a choice or an unintentional mistake than a thing to be avoided at all cost. It’s the internet people. Protect yourselves!

 

[Hells Malice]

@Hells Malice believe it or not, TB and my article cover the same topic (according to you and @XrosBlader821 since I don't know about/read/follow/watch Total Biscuit) by pure coincidence and the words I used are my own.

Thanks for your feedback. If you've read my other articles, you'll understand that I leave a lot for the reader to think about and incite them to write a comment so as to start a discussion (hey! It even worked on you!). I really hope you understand and if not, take a look at my avatar...

I understand you're an amateur. I definitely take that away every time you write an article.
Which is why I for once posted a fairly constructive post on exactly what you did wrong and why. From both a reader and a writer point of view, mostly reader though.
You can be offended and butthurt or you can grow up and learn. I doubt you're doing this for no reason, so if it's something you DO want to do, get better at it. Pretty simple.

Thought provocation takes a lot more than weak, seemingly random questions. There is no meat, no substance, no material to discuss. That's pretty much why your articles barely hit even 3 pages. For someone who strives to leave their readers questioning the material and eager to discuss, you've obviously not done so thus far.

I don't see anything wrong with a brief introduction to a topic to provoke discussion and sharing of opinions. I think some users need to think about their expectations. This is a web forum you access for free, not a high-brow piece of literature you are paying for.

Welcome to the internet, you must be new here.
I don't think anyone has paid for a high quality article in 15 years.
If you're unfamiliar, you can look at sites like Kotaku, Gamespot, IGN, etc, for articles written by people and understand that that's moreso what GBAtemp is trying to get into. (edit: though obviously not quite that hardcore, since those sites have paid writers, but yknow)

also a basic understanding of English and writing would help before saying silly things.

 

[Philip3ds]

O my God, The Legend of Zelda Unbound King.

 

[mashers]

Welcome to the internet, you must be new here.
I don't think anyone has paid for a high quality article in 15 years.
If you're unfamiliar, you can look at sites like Kotaku, Gamespot, IGN, etc, for articles written by people and understand that that's moreso what GBAtemp is trying to get into. (edit: though obviously not quite that hardcore, since those sites have paid writers, but yknow)

also a basic understanding of English and writing would help before saying silly things.

Ahh, smarmy statements based on assumptions about a person you know nothing about. I see.