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Anyone notice the phenomenon where more and more news articles are putting spoilers right in their titles?

posted 5 years ago by Jehosaphet (1055)
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Spent maybe five minutes browsing the news this morning and came across TWO (2) different articles that put major spoilers for this episode right in their title.

*SPOILERS*!!!

"Now that the night king is dead" and "Does the knight king's death mean GoT has jumped the shark?"
So...not 24 hours after it aired, you'd better damn well hope you've already seen this episode before daring to look at the days' news. A little fuckered up. Especially considering how much time we've invested in the series thus far.

It used to be that they were relatively diligent about keeping their titles spoiler-free for at least a few days afterward, but my guess is that this etiquette is quickly losing ground in the battle for our clicks, which is...just so damn seedy, IMO. Just, seedy, greedy shit.

"Sorry to spoil how one of the two major plotlines in this series you've been watching for ten years plays out, but...you know, we like money, so...."

Anyone else notice this phenomenon? This occurring more frequently the last year or so? Makes me want to start a letter writing campaign or something...there's something so inherently wrong with this kind of stuff. What can you do, you know?

[–] mcqueen (1150) 5 years ago

it already aired, last night

[–] Jehosaphet (1055) 5 years ago

Why yes...yes it did...
Wtf? lol

[–] Jeepster (1054) 5 years ago

Phenomenon?

People have been assholes forever. WHAT phenomenon?

[–] Jehosaphet (1055) 5 years ago

Lol I think you'd have had to read my post to understand "what" phenomenon. As I mentioned it seems to be happening more and more in online news.

[–] TexasJack (12515) 5 years ago

Yes, it's a horrible practice.

[–] saladitos (44) 5 years ago

ARE YOU ALL RETARDED? I CANT STAND GOING TO SITES AND SEEING ENDLESS LISTS OF SPOILER WARNINGS/SPOILER TAGS EVERYWHERE.

TO THOSE IDIOTS WHO DONT WATCH ON RELEASE HOW ABOUT THE BURDEN IS ON YOU TO AVOID NEWS/DISCUSSION FORUMS ONLINE UNTIL YOU WATCH THE EPISODE?

[–] Jehosaphet (1055) 5 years ago

Really? So you don't have to glance over the words, "Spoiler alert" here and there...people should avoid looking at the daily news until they're up to date on any given movie/series?

Are YOU retarded?

[–] Keelai (32795) 5 years ago

'Anyone else notice this phenomenon?"

Absolutely! My local newspaper even spoils movies that haven't been released yet.

Let the paper know why you're going to avoid buying or viewing it in the future.

[–] RickSantoro (98) 5 years ago

Yeah. People are assholes