Yesterday, a discussion about race results in thread titles became quite heated, so I decided to lock the thread.
Personally, spoilers don’t bother me. If I can’t watch a race live, I stay off my phone entirely until I’ve caught up. Since results are everywhere: TV, radio, and all over social media, avoiding them is usually up to the individual.
The current spoiler rule was originally implemented by three moderators (myself included) as the community grew. However, I am now the only active mod left, and I don’t want to be the sole person deciding whether to change this policy. Even if we change the rule, there’s always a chance someone will post a result in their excitement, and I won’t always be available to remove it immediately.
I’ve created a poll to let the community decide. It will remain open until this Thursday:
https://strawpoll.com/bVg8BLRQ3yY
PS: I understand that disagreements can get intense, but please keep the conversation respectful. There’s enough negativity in the world already, let’s keep this community a positive place.
Edit: the results are in!
Rule number 3 will not be adjusted. Thanks for voting everyone!
This last race especially with something that rarely happens - a race run earlier and only notified on the race weekend - with the official F1 ical calendar not even updating in a reasonable time for the rest of the world to catch up - on a race weekend after a month long hiatus - then yeah no spoilers in post titles.
Under normal circumstances then if you really have to? But I am absolutely fine with just the post race discussion threads being the source of the race standings. All the other bullshit threads are clout chasing or parroting F1 engagement posts that are just noise.