Yesterday, a discussion about race results in thread titles became quite heated, so I decided to lock the thread.
Personally, spoilers donโt bother me. If I can't watch a race live, I stay off my phone entirely until Iโve 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.
Iโve 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. Thereโs 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!
While I usually don't even watch races anymore (F1 hasn't been in a fun place recently imo), if I did watch I'd usually watch delayed, not live.
And just to add to the discussion: I use Lemmy and read the news as the main places I could get spoiled. I've not seen the race result from the latter before. So the only source of race result spoilers would be my home feed on Lemmy.
Another compromising suggestion though: what if winners were allowed in the title 24h after a race (preferably by editing)? Though I doubt that'd be a meaningful difference to either side.
Edit: having looked at the race results thread... That was all needlessly antagonistic. And I don't think "just go on a social media and news blackout until you can watch the race" is fair. I guess the alternative is anyone who wants no spoilers can just block this community, but is that a good solution for anyone?