Sweet. They do!
See, I was under the impression that they weren’t considered spoilers. I remember the discussion in that one “The Office” thread but that didn’t get settled.
That thread inspired another discussion in ATMB, with the result Oakminster described. If a weekly thread has “spoilers” in the title, it’s reasonable to expect spoilers for that week’s episode, but you might not expect them for the following week’s episode.
[spoiler2]This is fun!
Okay, I’m easily amused.[/spoiler2]
[Spoiler2][spoiler2][spoiler2]Haha!. Made you look![/Spoiler2][/spoiler2][/spoiler2]
This is why I began that sentence with “for many threads”.
[Spoiler2]Sweet.[/spoiler2]
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And how do you create them? In very simple terms, please!
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One easy way to do it when replying to a post is to hit the “Quote” button and then replace the word “QUOTE” (and any following text) with the word “SPOILER”. And remember, “Preview” is your friend.
[spoiler2]Moved to ATMB and revised thread title.[/spoiler2]
Which was incorrect. The rule I mentioned applies to all threads.
There’s an even more fundamental rule about using spoilers: Indicate, OUTSIDE the spoiler, why whatever you are typing is a spoiler.
Oh, and I think spoiling speculation isn’t TOTALLY outrageous, depending on the context, although it’s not something I think makes sense in most contexts.