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!
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.
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.
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.