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Reddit released its "spoiler tags" feature in January 2017. [166] The feature warns users of potential spoilers in posts and pixelates preview images. [166] Reddit unveiled changes to its public front page, called r/popular, in 2017; [101] the change creates a front page free of potentially adult-oriented content for unregistered users. [101]
The spoilers policy page says: "Since it is generally expected that the subjects of our articles will be covered in detail, such warnings are considered unnecessary. Therefore, Wikipedia no longer carries spoiler warnings, except for the content disclaimer and section headings (such as "Plot" or "Ending") which imply the presence of spoilers."
Wikipedia articles may include spoilers and no spoiler warnings. A spoiler is a piece of information about a narrative work (such as a book, film, television series, or a video game) that reveals plot points or twists. Articles on the Internet sometimes feature a spoiler warning to alert readers to spoilers in the text, which they may then ...
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No top of that, the only known study done on spoilers how affect people enjoyment of a story has shown that they do not lessen someone's enjoyment, instead they have the exact opposite affect. And finally, if you are reading a section titled "Plot", it is because you want to know what the plot is, including its spoiler.
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And yet the guideline states "A spoiler is a piece of information about a narrative work (such as a book, film, television series, or a video game) which reveals plot points or twists and thus may degrade the experience of persons who wish to experience the work themselves." and "When including spoilers, editors should make sure that an ...
A spoiler warning has no chance of gaining support; the "Why spoiler warnings are no longer used" section in the guideline is clear as to why that's the case. The guideline is somewhat problematic as is, however, for reasons noted at Wikipedia talk:Spoiler/Archive 17#RfC: Proposal to make unnecessary spoiling clearer in the guideline. That is ...