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Monday, April 11, 2005

   Net Rumors, Spoilers, and the Like
Ok, I"m just gonna rant here for a little.

I assume most people have heard the rumor about Akito from Fruits Basket? Everyone else seems to think so.

Now, just for the record, I'd like to say that I'm not picking on this rumor for any partucular reason save that it a recent and I think most people are fairly familiar with it.

My point is that some people are NOT familiar with it-and don't want to be familiar it. Ever had that well-meaning-but-annoying-as all-get-out friend that would tell you the end of a movie without asking if you wanted to know?

I never did. Because I used to BE one of those friends. I had to learn the hard way that some people like to be surprised, and I never forgot it.

Now, it is one thing to post a spoiler or a rumor in the designated area of a forum or something. But really, emailing someone saying "Guess what (insert spoiler here)" without giving them any kind of warning or say...COMMENTING ON A PICTURE OF THIERS AND INCLUDING THE SPOILER/RUMOR IN THAT COMMENT is just plain rude.

Sorry for capitalizing that comment bit, didn't mean to sound like I was shouting-but I don't know how to italicize on this site...

My point, boiled down , is this:
If must pass on a spoiler or a net rumor-please warn possible readers first.

Ways to do this include first posting a litteral warning:

!!!!!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!
(Insert Spoiler/Rumor)
!!!!!!!END SPOILER!!!!!!!

Other ways include changing the color of the font to the background color so that the spoiler is much more difficult or impossible to read without highlighting it. I like this one a little better than the last, as it gives people the OPTION of reading it while not being invasive or loud.
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