# How do I create a spoiler?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-spoiler/258316>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 4, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-spoiler/258316 "2004-08-04T16:58:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-spoiler/258316/1 "2004-08-04T16:58:38Z")

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I’ve posted no spoilers within my threads as of yet, but I’d like to know how in case I need to…thanks!

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-spoiler/258316/2 "2004-08-04T17:02:04Z")

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Text to place in Spoiler Box

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**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-spoiler/258316/3 "2004-08-04T17:17:41Z")

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For some reason I imagined it’d be more complicated than that…duh me…thanks!

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-spoiler/258316/4 "2004-08-04T17:26:45Z")

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I think they should add it to the choices in the posting window 😃

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-spoiler/258316/5 "2004-08-04T17:34:27Z")

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Incidentally, this and all the other vB tags are explained [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode).

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-spoiler/258316/6 "2004-08-07T01:38:11Z")

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[symbol]boobs[/symbol]

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**Author:** ![rostfrei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-spoiler/258316/7 "2004-08-07T01:55:42Z")

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Text to place in Spoiler Box