Here, belatedly, via metafandom and as one of the international squad, I suppose I get a little more sensitive about spoilers than most, though I agree with what cereta said about it being a conundrum - it depends on what the spoiler is, the nature of the show and how much you want it to be 'discovered' fresh by others. I tend to cut a lot out of consideration for people's f-lists.
I suppose one other issue wrt lj fandom's spoiling is that the promo departments of movies/TV shows are hopeless. I'm not talking about the promoting a premise, but the inability to seperate high point from major plot point. You have trailers that give away key mysteries, so we aren't even talking about opting in and out of spoilerful forums online, and that's the default. I think that feeds into why spoilers are such an issue for fans, as well as what you've already discussed here.
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Date: 2005-10-31 04:08 pm (UTC)I suppose one other issue wrt lj fandom's spoiling is that the promo departments of movies/TV shows are hopeless. I'm not talking about the promoting a premise, but the inability to seperate high point from major plot point. You have trailers that give away key mysteries, so we aren't even talking about opting in and out of spoilerful forums online, and that's the default. I think that feeds into why spoilers are such an issue for fans, as well as what you've already discussed here.