Dread it. Run from it. Spoilers still arrive. Sometimes they come in the form of trailers. Sometimes in the form of innocent online discussion that happens across the wrong person's screen. Sometimes people that don't have very many friends seek them out and spread them like wildfire because they get off on ruining people's day. However they come, we try and make this subreddit friendly to all readers whether they care about spoilers or not. Star Wars and Marvel tears must taste the best because we only have this problem with these franchises, so whenever a big one comes out I like to remind everyone how we handle spoilers, and all the best ways to have your discussions as freely as you'd like without the fear of ruining someone's day.And, before we get started, let me remind you that we didn't make up these rules for Marvel or Star Wars and we aren't interested in arguing with you about your definition of a spoiler or how long is an acceptable time to spoil things for people. These rules have been around a long time and they are based in general decency and logic so if you don't agree with them that's just too bad.Obviously spoilers are part of film discussion. They can be unavoidable in open ended question threads like, "Best Character Death" or something. There's just no way to avoid them unless everyone is walking on eggshells all the time. That said, intentionally spoiling things for other redditors or posting spoilers before a film's release or even after a film's release in unrelated threads will get you banned from /r/movies. If the spoiling looks especially malicious or intentional then we will not entertain appeals.If you intend to make a post containing spoilers, there is a spoiler feature that allows you to mask your post even to those who have clicked on it until they confirm they want to see the spoilers. The option is available to you when you post something. Check out the sidebar for details.If you intend to post a comment with spoilers, there's a way to >!hide your text unless clicked on.< It even looks much more sleek now. Instructions for this are also in the sidebar. Use this liberally and without shame.The admins have also added the ability to filter certain subreddits from /r/all. Simply go to /r/all and the option is at the top of the sidebar. It might behoove you to filter /r/4chan who were flairing posts with Star Wars spoilers when TFA came out so they would show up on /r/all. /r/marvelstudios might be worth filtering as well if you really don't want the chance to run into spoilers.If you have RES (Reddit Enhancement Suite) you also have to ability to filter posts by key phrase. You can set it so that any posts involving character names, movie titles, key terms, etc. simply don't show up on your page. Pretty sure this does not hide comments, just entire posts with those keywords in the title/body.If you do see a spoiler (even the most careful people could stumble upon something) be sure to report it! You can send us a message to modmail if it's really visible, but usually a report will do.Finally, this thread is going to be locked. Why, you ask? When Force Awakens was about to come out we got overrun by PSA posts. They were well-intentioned. Letting people know where spoilers are popping up, how to avoid them, etc. Because of their helpful nature they would front page all the time. The problem is that people who intentionally spoil things on the internet for fun see a post like that and they see a giant breeding ground for people who are sensitive to spoilers but don't have the self control to take the full measure and avoid the internet. This is where they strike, those posts did more harm than good considering a lot of them were pointing out a very specific issue so people who would have never been affected by the spoilers being brought to the table would then be affected by participating in the threads. Those threads became giant shit shows when they hit the front page of /r/all and we ended up having to remove/lock half of them anyways. Simply put, if you are trying to avoid spoiler trolls the best way to do so is to not check places they might comment or in this case, not give them the chance to do so.So, that's it. Just some tips from your helpful neighborhood movie mods. If you have any questions regarding this thread or the tips within it, feel free to message us in modmail.Happy Avengers April and remember, enjoy movies responsibly.Yours truly,MeGot it? Good. Thanks! via /r/movies https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/bdpvqf/alright_everyone_we_are_in_the_endgame_now_as_in/?utm_source=ifttt
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