Is that worse than white font, for the people opposed to white font?
Yes, much.
(No real rational reason why, but spoiler space makes my teeth itch even more than whitefont does.)
Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
'Bushwhacked'
Spoilers 3: First Mutant Enemy, Now the World
[NAFDA] Spoilers for any and all currently running TV shows. All hardcore spoilage, all the time. No white font.
Jessica - Oct 25, 2004 4:41:21 am PDT #78 of 3486
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
amych - Oct 25, 2004 4:49:29 am PDT #79 of 3486
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
No real rational reason why
Here's one: It's completely unsuited to a forum. Spoiler space worked okay for mailing lists and usenet, where you were looking at one message at a time and could hit next or delete or whatever to skip the message entirely. When you're scrolling through a page of successive messages, it simply doesn't work -- you're going to see the stuff anyway, and in the mean time, you make the page longer to scroll and harder to read.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 25, 2004 5:13:42 am PDT #80 of 3486
What is even happening?
(No real rational reason why, but spoiler space makes my teeth itch even more than whitefont does.)
I don't think you need a rational reason. It either works or irks. In this case, it irks.
Here's one: It's completely unsuited to a forum. Spoiler space worked okay for mailing lists and usenet, where you were looking at one message at a time and could hit next or delete or whatever to skip the message entirely. When you're scrolling through a page of successive messages, it simply doesn't work -- you're going to see the stuff anyway, and in the mean time, you make the page longer to scroll and harder to read.Oh. I learned it on a linear board. Still, I don't love it, either. If I had my own way, it would be a free-for-all in here, but I don't watch much TV anymore, and never have been bothered much by spoilers. I was just trying to think of a compromise that would leave all groups happy enough. Spoiler space is obviously not it. There may not be an it.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 25, 2004 5:26:52 am PDT #81 of 3486
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Chiming in to say I'd prefer no white-font as well, but will live with it if necessary. Not sure how we handle the decision, though. Would it need to be an official vote, or an in-thread show of hands (aka bullshit consensus)?
Ginger - Oct 25, 2004 5:39:37 am PDT #82 of 3486
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I really dislike the whitefont, myself, and once I'm in Spoilers, I'm happy to be spoiled about any show. I guess the question really is, is this thread for complete spoiler 'hos?
le nubian - Oct 25, 2004 5:46:37 am PDT #83 of 3486
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Here's another question: should we go to Bureaucracy and get a Lost spoilers thread? Would that solve some issues?
candyb - Oct 25, 2004 5:50:04 am PDT #84 of 3486
Not ideal for me either, but I'm already getting used to the whitefonting.
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2004 6:27:52 am PDT #85 of 3486
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Would that solve some issues?
Temporarily. The idea that some people want to be spoiled for one show and not another will still be valid.
If this is not to be a thread for them (us), then so be it. It's not something I think should be consensed on, though.
Sean K - Oct 25, 2004 7:49:35 am PDT #86 of 3486
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I think we should exhaust all consensing before returning to Bureau, myself.
I also don't give a rat's patoot if we whitefont or not. I am like unto a dead fishie. I will go with yon flow.
Jessica - Oct 25, 2004 7:56:13 am PDT #87 of 3486
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
If the consensus seems to be leaning towards changing anything, I think we do need to take it to B'cy so that people don't click on this thread expecting nice safe whitefont and end up getting unwantedly spoiled.
As much as it pains me, the simplest solution might be to just officially propose a no-whitefont policy, and take it to Lightbulbs right away, leaving this thread free for spoilers in the meantime.