Yesterday, a discussion about race results in thread titles became quite heated, so I decided to lock the thread.

Personally, spoilers don’t bother me. If I can't watch a race live, I stay off my phone entirely until I’ve caught up. Since results are everywhere: TV, radio, and all over social media, avoiding them is usually up to the individual.

The current spoiler rule was originally implemented by three moderators (myself included) as the community grew. However, I am now the only active mod left, and I don't want to be the sole person deciding whether to change this policy. Even if we change the rule, there's always a chance someone will post a result in their excitement, and I won't always be available to remove it immediately.

I’ve created a poll to let the community decide. It will remain open until this Thursday:

https://strawpoll.com/bVg8BLRQ3yY

PS: I understand that disagreements can get intense, but please keep the conversation respectful. There’s enough negativity in the world already, let's keep this community a positive place.

Edit: the results are in!

Rule number 3 will not be adjusted. Thanks for voting everyone!

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[–] [S] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The question being too ambiguous is kind of with a reason. If the rule is implemented that you cannot spoil the race winner someone will work a way around it and post all results except the winner. That’s why the rule we have at the moment (browse at your own risk) is just less complicated.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Tbh that in itself answers my question of "who is it for?" in an adequate manner. The answer being: for the moderators. I personally would like to think that people just being well meaning enough that they can refrain from posting stuff like "X wins the Y Grand Prix!" is possible, but if it's impossible to implement and enforce those kinds of rules without making life hell for the mods then that is fair enough to.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I figured as much which is why I voted yes. I would much rather have a narrow rule and have the mods enforce the spirit of rule (so anyone posting all the results except the winner would still be breaking the rule) rather than have a expansive rule that either gets selectively enforced to not stifle discussion or uniformly enforced even when it stifles discussion.

    And if someone wants to be maliciously compliant they can find a way around the rule. It would be absolute troll behavior if Antonelli wins the next GP to post Antonelli winning the current GP. Like technically that wouldn't be a spoiler.

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