# Do spoiler tags make it difficult for some people to read a thread?

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**Created:** [February 3, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-spoiler-tags-make-it-difficult-for-some-people-to-read-a-thread/390702 "2007-02-03T21:57:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-spoiler-tags-make-it-difficult-for-some-people-to-read-a-thread/390702/1 "2007-02-03T21:57:33Z")

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In Cafe Society, since there is often talk of future episodes of TV shows, spoiler tags are common, but some people seem to really dislike them because they make it harder for them to read I presume?

Is there any consensus on whether there is a better option to the current spoiler tag?

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**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-spoiler-tags-make-it-difficult-for-some-people-to-read-a-thread/390702/2 "2007-02-04T00:37:10Z")

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The easy way to read all the spoilers at once is press Ctrl-A, which highlights the entire page at once.