ANOUNCEMENT!
Nov. 23rd, 2003 01:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timepiececlockI have recently considered something I hadn't really before: Europeans being spoiled on my LJ.
Well, it's never really bothered me, because I've never had anyone mention it to me before (except![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mrthursday, back when the end of BTVS was happening.) I just assumed (and mostly rightly, since as I said no one brought it up but the once) that after a few days to a week of first airing, an episode is fair game. That's how I've always approached other peoples journals; if I miss an ep, I don't look at my friends list unless I'm prepared to be spoiled for it.
I definitely believe in cut-tags for spoilers of unaired episodes. That goes without saying. I also believe that within the first few days, at least until the weekend, probably should cut for the most recent episode, especially the really intense content. That's your judgement, and I've seen for peopel that it varies. Heck, it varies for me. But after it airs... well, I expect people to talk about it. I also will talk about stuff. Many times I cut posts for length, which also might serve the unintenional function of a spoiler cut, from a non-American/Canadian perspective, since I tend to label my LJ cuts. But I have random comments, one-liner observations, and sometimes long rants or essays or opinion statments, sometimes weeks after something airs, sometimes within that next week.
So, here's the rule of thumb for people reading _my_ journal.
NO DISCUSSION OF SPOILERS FOR UNAIRED EPISODES, unless I invite it directly, which happens very rarely. Except promo discussion, which constitutes an aired piece.
THIS JOURNAL IS NOT SAFE FOR EUROPEAN OR OTHERWISE DELAYED VIEWERS WHO WANT TO STAY UNSPOILED FOR THE SEASON. Most of the people who read my journal undoubtedly have figured this out already, but might as well make it official. The truth is that it's inconvenient for me to think about cutting something, especially if its a one-liner that's tied into the topic of my post, as much as 2 or 3 months after an episode has aired. I'd forget about it anyway. If that thought is worrisome, well, you've probably already been spoiled for some early AtS season 5 episodes, so if you've kept reading my journal then obviously you're not too bothered so far. But any newcomers I guess... I can promise not to talk about unaired spoilers, but not about spoilers from already-aired episodes.
Besides... don't a lot of you download episodes anyway, or get copies? Some of you must, because I've talked to people from across the pond who know more about what's going on than I do.
Anyway, so that's it. Most of you are probably already spoiled anyway, and likely more than me. Since my spoiler level typically consists of what comes on the TV on 9pm Wednesay nights.
Well, it's never really bothered me, because I've never had anyone mention it to me before (except
mrthursday, back when the end of BTVS was happening.) I just assumed (and mostly rightly, since as I said no one brought it up but the once) that after a few days to a week of first airing, an episode is fair game. That's how I've always approached other peoples journals; if I miss an ep, I don't look at my friends list unless I'm prepared to be spoiled for it.I definitely believe in cut-tags for spoilers of unaired episodes. That goes without saying. I also believe that within the first few days, at least until the weekend, probably should cut for the most recent episode, especially the really intense content. That's your judgement, and I've seen for peopel that it varies. Heck, it varies for me. But after it airs... well, I expect people to talk about it. I also will talk about stuff. Many times I cut posts for length, which also might serve the unintenional function of a spoiler cut, from a non-American/Canadian perspective, since I tend to label my LJ cuts. But I have random comments, one-liner observations, and sometimes long rants or essays or opinion statments, sometimes weeks after something airs, sometimes within that next week.
So, here's the rule of thumb for people reading _my_ journal.
NO DISCUSSION OF SPOILERS FOR UNAIRED EPISODES, unless I invite it directly, which happens very rarely. Except promo discussion, which constitutes an aired piece.
THIS JOURNAL IS NOT SAFE FOR EUROPEAN OR OTHERWISE DELAYED VIEWERS WHO WANT TO STAY UNSPOILED FOR THE SEASON. Most of the people who read my journal undoubtedly have figured this out already, but might as well make it official. The truth is that it's inconvenient for me to think about cutting something, especially if its a one-liner that's tied into the topic of my post, as much as 2 or 3 months after an episode has aired. I'd forget about it anyway. If that thought is worrisome, well, you've probably already been spoiled for some early AtS season 5 episodes, so if you've kept reading my journal then obviously you're not too bothered so far. But any newcomers I guess... I can promise not to talk about unaired spoilers, but not about spoilers from already-aired episodes.
Besides... don't a lot of you download episodes anyway, or get copies? Some of you must, because I've talked to people from across the pond who know more about what's going on than I do.
Anyway, so that's it. Most of you are probably already spoiled anyway, and likely more than me. Since my spoiler level typically consists of what comes on the TV on 9pm Wednesay nights.
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Date: 2003-11-23 09:55 am (UTC)