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!
I didn’t say completely. Based on the poll, this is changing. I’m not going to die on this hill.
I watch plenty of races on catch up, when I do I stay off the internet. This place should be free to talk about the results in any way, without pandering to people who can’t stay offline until they’ve caught up.
I also think it’s an extra moderation issue that doesn’t need to exist.
I also stay off the internet to the extent I am able when I can’t watch a race live. I just think writing the post title in a way that doesn’t reveal the winner (note that this is literally the only change being discussed) is an absolute minor and unnoticeable inconvenience for those who watch the races live, while it might actually save someone who intends to watch it later from being spoiled. It seems like such a minimal extra effort to expend in order to make life a little better for others in the community.
However, it all depends on whether people can just be nice. I agree about that. If it turns out that this rule change would lead to an influx of trolls constantly spamming race spoilers leading to overworking the mods then yes, maybe it’s just unfeasible because people can’t behave.