Modern Spoiler Culture

[Jassassino]

I think spoiler etiquette died well over a decade at this point. I always go back to Game of Thrones Season 3 Episode 9, The Rains of Castamere as the moment consideration of other people's enjoyment died.

GoT was an absolute cultural phenomenon, it was must see TV at its finest and this episode is arguably the most talked about to this day, well, the most discussed episode for GOOD REASONS, to this day. And what did a free, widely circulated newspaper in the UK do in the aftermath? They fucking ran an article discussing it the next day with no warning. They even ran a story afterwards about if they should have ran the story originally and talked about spoiler etiquette because people were so pissed. https://www.google.com/amp/s/metro.co.uk...29249/amp/

I also think the way social media has got people wired to get their dopamine from likes and upvotes etc they HAVE to be first in the discussion to get it. It's almost like competitive media consumption.

Even before reading your post, I was going to comment highlighting GoT and Rains of Castamere + Purple Wedding. People I knew just openly reacted to this kind of thing on Twitter, and instead of the responsibility being on the person who had watched it first being to preserve the first-time-viewing experience for others, it switched to those late-comers having a responsibility to not spoil discussion being had online by audiences.

Honestly, the more divorced I become from conventional social media, the more I actively enjoy my time with products. Because Soph works as a journalist, she's browsing Social Media a lot for stories, making her feel insane pressure to watch new TV and films immediately.

This has been something I've observed lately and I'm not sure how many people can relate. I also put this in "Off Topic" because it covers, games, movies, tv and even books and comics

Yeah it feels insane that this extends even to comics. I caught up with the newest Ultimate Spider-Man run after about 12 issues (it's a monthly release I believe) and just after I'd caught up, but hadn't yet read the 13th issue, the Spider-Man subreddit openly had a spoiler for a reveal/plot point as a hot post on my front page. You would think for a community who's participants are actively smaller than ever, that they may be a bit more considerate when something kicks off in popularity, but instead it becomes an echo chamber of "you should've read it already bro!"