Suggested enhancement request- Gently flag a Post as Spoiler

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Hey IMDb developers and R&D staff, ie Amazon?
Suggested enhancement request- Gently allow logged in users to flag a Post, Comment, Share, etc as Spoiler. There should be an icon link.. my City Library system offers this on ratings and reviews! They use bibliocommons.org. Cheerio.
-Peter in San Diego CA USA.
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  • confident people will like this feature if it's easy enough to implement AND moderate

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Most people I know take flagging as anything but gentle.
Thanks
Cheers
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It's all about "crowd sourcing|funding" these days .. get used to it ;)
My suggestion was inspired by a Post I saw with a super long Title/Subject line, "the one where in the ending the person finds out they're on a stage and it's all been a game like the end of The Game!" Eye roll!
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I was concerned about that in regards to a topic around here about the movie Frailty starring Matthew McConaughey.
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Hear hear.
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Here  Here over there.
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confident people will like this feature if it's easy enough to implement AND moderate

 get used to it

users to flag a Post, Comment, Share

These ideas were called message boards. They were removed a while back. If IMDb thought it was a good idea to remove them, then the people that removed them are?
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Your grammar makes little sense..
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Thank you.
You have given me "The Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval!"
Sensing common sense is a sensible pursuit for the senseless.
Cheers Peter.
Have a beautiful day at the University.
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Zzzz.
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Yes you are
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Ed Jones(XLIX)

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Fanimal Arm and Hammer and Sickle
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Dislike, the Animal Farm and pigs in suits cartoon posts.. @ Mathepa and Ed Jones >=+(
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It would be highly appreciated for any user here to have two options:
  1. To hide his own messages or their parts under a spoiler;
  2. To have a personal blacklist for other users whose activity (in all aspects) is very uncomfortable for him, so he could hide all their steps under spoilers automatically. It would be his own decision, not an outer intrusion.
IMHO, the 2 above steps is the only true way on this matter.
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@ MA-the-PA killer idea your idea number 1 above.!!... a user posting on here .. the GetSatisfaction discussion zone... or anywhere in imdb itself eg trivia or wherever could use simple wiki-like tiny-html tags like "(spoiler)" type type type then "(/spoiler)" and the imdb webpage would cover the text with a thin grey rectangle that when clicked says, Reveal this, or, Reveal All On Page. Excellent thinking. Shall I suggest it to imdb? -Peter in San Diego CA USA. Ps. I can't remember what that tool set of dumbed down html was called in the 1990s for chatrooms, blog sites, discussion boards etc... Anyone remember?? eg MySpace and Xanga and maybe Friendster.
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I'd rather be in the open, than hide behind a spoiler.
I would never censor anyone by way of a blacklist. Free speech and all ya know. Blocking out what you don't want to hear may mean you miss something important. Like a great idea.
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Yes, but it would be your decision, if you really need. If you are open to all the things (good and bad) that come on behalf of another user, nobody should force you to activate the spoilers. But when you have some weighty reasons to blacklist somebodies activity for your own sight, standing on the idea "I don't want any from you: either bad, or good", it would be great to have the option, the "red button". And the button may be gentle enough to result in no notification for the blacklisted person.
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Ah yes, I remember it well. The Iron Curtain.
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Nope. If a user has two different persons in his head (Igor says "they are bad"; Anna says "they are good"), the blacklist option will not, but a specialist could help him (you know). All I mean under the blacklist is the freedom of choice, plus the well-known option in cell-phones.

The freedom of choice is a human right.
The freedom of choice of chosen by others is a well-known instrument to the above "Fanimal Arm and Hammer and Sickle".
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Like to comment but the explain would be far to long.