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Ozen

Ozen

Member Since 23 Feb 2012
Offline Last Active Apr 20 2018 07:47 AM

Clarify comment section guidelines regarding spoilers

15 August 2017 - 06:42 PM

I'm kinda tired of having to treat every comment section like a minefield. Because everyone seems to have their own definition of what a spoiler is and the comment section guidelines leave the term ambiguous, I propose that the guidelines explicitly define it as follows:

 

1. Any plot details in the chapters posted thus far are not spoilers and can be discussed freely.

2. Any plot details, impressions, or anything else obtained from reading the raws (i.e., chapters that haven't been translated and posted on Batoto) are spoilers and are not to be discussed in the comment section, except in clearly marked spoiler tags (state specifically that what you're posting is a spoiler from the raws).

 

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Rationale:

 

1. If a chapter has been posted, it's safe to assume that people in the comment section will be discussing it. It makes no sense to say that all plot details ever are spoilers because that would mean that literally everything would have to be in spoiler tags. Thus, let's just say that plot details from posted chapters are not spoilers. Realistically speaking, even if you don't like this idea, you always go to the comment section at your own risk. I've heard the argument that one might look through the comment section to see if a manga is worth reading, and so every plot detail should be in spoilers. However, as argued above, no reasonable code of conduct on the commenters' part can protect you from plot details in posted chapters if you do that, so, again, you do this at your own risk.

2. It's expected that the majority of people who read chapters on Batoto won't be reading the raws. We have multiple uses for spoiler tags (to hide large blocks of text, large images, and spoilers of various definitions), so, as things stand now, you never know when you might step on a real spoiler when you open one. So, if you insist on discussing the raws outside the forum, state explicitly that you're doing it.

 

If someone disagrees, plz reply with a counterargument.