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 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.