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Do I need to unsubscribe come the start of the season? (self.formula1)

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Being in the US and not typically watching the races for up to 12-24 hours later, I'm curious if I will need to unsubscribe to this reddit in order to not be spoiled. It's already bad enough I have to avoid facebook and other news sites I visit until I watch the race.

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[–]Mika HäkkinenMulsanne[M] 10 points11 points ago

So we have hashed this out to great lengths in each of the past two seasons. It essentially boils down to this:

1) If you want to be almost 100% certain you won't spoil anything on your front page, you should unsubscribe. It's the only way to be sure.

2) We moderators encourage people not to put spoilers in their headlines for at least 24 hours after the race (see the sidebar).

3) Many (most?) of the readers of /r/formula1 (at least last year) were at least able to tolerate the no-spoilers rule, even if they didn't really like it that much, most played nicely and submitted good headlines.

4) Some people either don't know or don't care about the rule and there is the occasional spoiler headline which is promptly removed by moderators when we see/are made aware of it and we are on the site. So, hence why #1 was telling you to unsubscribe.

We try to avoid spoilers, but it is sometimes inevitable and if you want to be sure, the best bet is to take responsibility for not spoiling your own race and unsubscribe during race weekends. Other mods or users feel free to chime in and correct me if you feel like I'm mistaken, but I feel like this sums up the issue pretty well.

[–]Stefan Bellofzen_tm 5 points6 points ago*

I agree, unsubscribing is the only way to be sure, and not particularly taxing either if you bookmark r/f1.

I always found it odd that there is an expectation of a select minority to have a majority inconvenience themselves because they are not willing to change their routine, which denies the people who have made the effort to watch live full enjoyment of the subreddit, whilst sabotaging the integrity and quality of the sub.

It's a rare quirk that you can not find repeated in many places on the web, and is very counter-intuitive - it's just common sense to avoid all media if you missed a major sporting event, and that counts for all types of events.

I'm sure, as there always is when this issue pops up, that there will be lots of emotive posts to follow...

mmm crispy

[–]Mika HäkkinenMulsanne 1 point2 points ago*

I agree it's a strange quirk, probably propagated to some degree by the fact that this site is primarily American and, but for those on the east coast, most races don't happen at a great time for Americans to watch live.

At any rate, I certainly hope that we are not denying full enjoyment of the sub to anyone nor sabotaging any integrity (ha!). I had hoped that the somewhat decent balance we've struck is a good compromise, but in the past two seasons I've learned multiple times that you can't please everyone and there will always be people who gripe no matter what the mods do, but damnit we're trying to make this place as great as it can be for everyone.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

I think those of us that don't want to be spoiled, and unsubscribing could too, be counter-intuitive to the sub.

I mean, in most of the gaming subs I've come across and internet forums for games. They use spoiler tags to hide some outcome or story line. I really don't think it is sabotaging the integrity and quality of the communities. But to each his own.

Guess I'll unsubscribe and check r/f1 when I'm caught up. Thanks for the info guys! I just wanted to make sure I wasn't in for any surprises on March 18th.

[–]Vettelgary88 1 point2 points ago

I only had one race result spoiled last year when I was browsing "new" one morning and saw someone just posted "Sebastian Vettel wins at Barcelona" which goes against the general rule here of no spoilers in the title. Though it's mostly my own fault for browsing the morning of a race. Just be mindful of what you browse before watching a race.

[–]AlonsoWallingford 2 points3 points ago

At least it wasn't any of the few races he lost last year.

[–]Linium 0 points1 point ago

I do before i watch a race and i don't look at twitter until i have seen the race.

[–]ButtonTheDugat 0 points1 point ago

I'm in the same boat and my buddy and I literally refrain browsing any of our frequented sites, sports shows and reddit until the race is over. Literally. And if you use the F1 timing app turn off the alerts! It sux cause we browse our fave sites and reddit all day long. But the ability to watch the race unspoiled is worth it. So don't unsubscribe, just don't look!

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