Spoiler Policy for /r/TrueBlood

This subreddit is meant to be a safe place to read and talk about the TV series and books regardless of how many episodes or books you have read.

The following Spoiler Policy has been designed to allow people to talk freely about the show or books while maintaining protection from unwarned spoilers. Please follow the guidelines below to insure everyone has a good time here and enjoys the TV show and book series to the fullest.

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The Two Big Spoiler Rules:

• All spoilers must be warned about so people can decide whether to view them. That means the spoilers must either be inside a thread with a warning-title or covered by one of the spoiler tags detailed below. Spoilers can never be posted in a title. If you are unsure at all whether to use a cover, just use the cover tag.

• Warning: If a post has "spoilers" identified in its title, there may be uncovered spoiler comments within. The type of uncovered spoilers depend on what's declared in the title. For example: "Book 2 spoilers" means any talk about events in Book 1 or 2 can be posted openly, but events in Book 3 or later, or talk about differences on the show should be covered. Different Example: "Episode 38 Spoilers" means any talk about events up to that episode can be posted openly, but book speculation/talk must be covered with a book tag.

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Don't Do This:

• When someone posts a spoiler, don't reply with an uncovered copy of the spoiler in your comment; it makes the problem worse.

• Don't post a broken spoiler cover and leave with content exposed. Test your post to be sure you did it right.

• Links to images have thumbnails people see before clicking the link. Don't post a pic with imagery or text spoilers that can be understood in the thumbnail. (To link to those make a text post instead and put an appropriate spoiler warning with the image link in the text.)

• Don't tease people with partially spoiled sentences like "I can't believe that Book Spoiler really did Book Spoiler Can you believe it?" Cover the complete thought, not little bits of it. Your posts should be readable without revealing the spoiler content.

• Don't post links to articles or posts on other sites that contain spoilers without first warning in your post's title. Exceptions to this: Reviews, previews, or interviews about episodes or books and any casting articles are all assumed to have spoilers (because they always do).

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Do This:

• Read the Spoiler Guide.

• Report any unsafe spoilers you come across. Downvoting isn't enough.

• Have some self-control when you see a tempting spoiler. You don't have to look at that spoiler. You know you'll be mad if you do.

• Be aware of the difference between hope and speculation. In general, hoping that a character didn't die or that two characters might end up in a relationship is fine and requires no warning. When those comments use events from the show or books to generate a "theory of how or why" then the hope becomes speculation and needs some tag coverage.

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When to Warn About Spoilers:

If you are posting a topic that will include discussion of spoiler-events, label it with "Spoiler" in the post title or text (if the post isn't a link and has text). Posts with clear spoiler warnings are considered "view at your own risk," and the comment threads below the original post text may contain spoilers without tag covers. Do pay attention to the level of spoilers mentioned in the title; they may be specific to a single book or episode of the series.

A good example of this is any weekly episode discussion thread. It should be known that week's episode discussion threads is spoiler-friendly zone for TV SPOILERS. Anything in the series up to the current episode can be discussed there openly, but book-specific events should get spoiler tags.

If someone posts a book topic specifically about events through Book 2, then events in later books should be covered with tags.

Another good example of this is the meme graphics with text that can't be covered with a tag. As long as the title notes a spoiler is within and the thumbnail itself isn't a spoiler, the post is fine, and the image needs no further covering/protection.

"Prediction" threads should be assumed to contain spoilers from the newest episodes and books. View at your own risk.

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If you'd like to add or discuss anything, please feel free to do so below!