On the Internet, there is no worse danger than the “spoiler”. This term, which can be translated by the verb “to spoil” in French, refers to the act of discovering a key element of the plot of a work of fiction until you have had the time to watch or read. We are spoiling the pleasure of discovering a film, a tv series or a book.
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In the case of Game of Thrones, avoid the “spoiler” is almost a sporting achievement. Between those who stand up in the middle of the night from Sunday to Monday to watch the new episode live, at the time of its dissemination in the United States, and the English media (and also francophone!) who publish their criticism in a burst early in the morning, difficult to ignore what is happening on the side of the Stark, Lannister or Daenerys Targaryen. Le Figaro gives you some tips to protect you against any surprises.
● to silence the indiscreet
This is a useful against the harassment, but also against the spoilers: the “mute” (also translated as “mute” or “hide” in French) is an effective weapon to protect themselves from discussions on the plot of your favorite series. This option is available on most major social networks, such as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. It can be used against a person, for example your friend who lives in the United States, and who loves a little too much to boast of having seen the new episode before everyone else. Or the american media, which has the unfortunate habit of publishing pictures of the series, or reveal the key points of the scenario while you take your breakfast. Once muted, you will no longer see his posts on your news feed. It will, however, always in your contacts or friends list.
Facebook , go to the profile of your friend, press the icon “subscriber” or “subscriber” (the second from the left, beside or below the picture). By clicking, you can request to “follow” that person. Its publications will no longer appear in your news feed. You can also perform a gesture similar directly in your news feed: click the icon in the shape of three dots in the top right corner of a publication which bothers you. You can then choose to temporarily hide all the publications of a person, a page or a group.
Instagram , press the icon in the shape of three dots in the top right of the profile: press “mute”. You can choose to hide posts from one account, its stories, or both, of your news feed.
Twitter , press the icon in the shape of three small point, in the top right of the profile concerned. Then click on “hide @tellepersonne”.
● dismiss (in part) Game of Thrones your news feed
even More effective, you can choose to “mutate” some of the words. This allows you to remove all messages, for example, reference to “Game of Thrones”, “Daenerys”, “GOT”, or hashtags such as #GOT8. It is not a perfect solution, but it protects a minimum. Be creative, because a lot of people do not use hashtags officials to talk about a series. We suggest you: #GameOfThrones, #GOT, #GOTseason8, #GOT8, #GameofThronesSeason8 etc, Put them in black list the names of the characters from the series and words like “the Wall”, “dragon” or “king of the Night” is also an effective way to avoid falling by accident on a discussion inopportune. Please do not hesitate to put these terms in French but also in English.
This option is particularly available on Twitter. Click on “settings and privacy” in the drop-down menu of your profile picture, then on “masked words”. You can specify the word or hashtag that you want to see it disappear. It is necessary to return the words one at a time. You can also enter groups of words, such as “Game of Thrones”.
Some extensions for Web browser that allow you to perform a sort similar on other platforms , automatically blocking any sites or publications with words freely chosen by the user or specially dedicated to a work ( Game of Thrones , Star Wars , etc.). Attention, however, to install such programs is not trivial. Some have long since been abandoned by their developers, posing potential problems of cyber-security to their users. Prefer extensions with many comments of internet users, and that the last update is recent.
● to Change its habits on the Internet (at least a little bit)
On the Internet, the problems usually come from men and women, and can be tuned by the same people. Without giving up your entire morning routine on the social networks, adapt a bit, using your common sense . Drop your visit daily on your favorite forum that is dedicated to Game of Thrones , unsubscribe from the official page of the series on Facebook (or that of HBO, the american channel that broadcasts the series), do not look in no case a term in relation with the series on YouTube, which is full of videos commenting on the episodes and the plot of the series, or on Tumblr, temple of the spoilers online, and of course Google.
Good luck, and good viewing!
