Green Gecko wrote:I did it because it solved a complaint faster than having a debate. There is a discussion in the feedback section about what constitutes spoilers so we can have this discussion again.
I know nothing about football and only what is brought to my attention so apologise for being inconsiderate.
The outcome will be largely the same, my time is limited. If I unlocked the OP now I doubt Photek would even notice.
This is in no way a criticism of you GG.
Sports spoilers - particularly football - don’t really operate in the same way that book, TV or film spoilers do IMO. Matches are generally broadcast live, and the vast majority of people watch them live(I dunno about everyone else but I can’t watch recorded football, the temptation to fast forward through the match is too strong) and the results are immediately translated into points on a table for everyone to see. Those who wait to see the evening highlights show generally should avoid social media - and I would absolutely class GR as social media - until they’ve watched said highlight show.
There’s probably a discussion to be had about what should and shouldn’t be posted in the football thread title, but since there are no hard and fast rules on posting sporting results to a thread title AFAIK, I don’t see that a unilateral decision to block Photek from posting updates should’ve really been made without actually having the debate.
EDIT: incidentally, unless my maths are wrong(which is entirely possible), this particular title change didn’t spoil the full result, only that United hadn’t beaten WBA. Is that right?