How much time has to pass before something is longer at risk for a spoiler?

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2 weeks?

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It's always a spoiler for anyone who hasn't seen it.

Id say spoiler threads are cool for House of Cards. Maybe wait a week longer for True Detective.

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2 weeks?

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It's one year after the official release of whatever you've watched.

After that, I would throw up a spoiler warning, but I'm not jumping through hoops or acknowledging someone if they click on a thread and see something.

This all being said, you're just trying to be a jerk if you put a spoiler in a thread title.

Probably something like 10 years but even then there will be some outliers. For instance, someone here today said they had never seen the Godfather movies. But hey, after 10 years if you haven't seen a particular movie/TV show there's a good chance you won't and even if you got "spoiled" after so many years will you even remember the spoiler?

Depends on the grasp it has on pop culture and how long it's been out.

If I'm going to talk about Star Wars, I'm not going to adjust myself for spoilers. If you haven't seen Star Wars you have a slight problem.

"I don't want to see it because I'm not a nerd, or I'm not interested in that."

See that's where you're problem comes from. You're something worse than a nerd. You're a social outcast. Prep your wrist for the bar code and wear this patch on all your clothes.

There's definitely a time cutoff, but I have NO idea what it is. Someone below mentioned GOT...that show is still going so any spoilers should absolutely be prefaced as such. If someone is posting a spoiler about Wizard of Oz....eehhhhhh I think enough time has passed.

I'd say as a general rule, if it is still currently in theaters/on TV it is definitely too early to just throw spoilers out haphazardly.

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For me, on t.v. shows, once it has aired, anything in that episode is no longer a spoiler. Of course, if someone wants to put "spoilers" or "no spoilers" in their subject line than that's fine and people should avoid responding in "no spoiler" threads with spoiler information.

For movies, I dunno. I think if it's a a fairly new movie still in theatres (or maybe the 1 year from date of release as someone put above), I'd put a spoiler tag in the subject line. Same if it's a movie that is built specifically around a big plot surprise (I won't name any).

Other than that, I think anyone clicking on a thread about a movie that's been out longer than a year or is no longer in theatres, should proceed with caution. No spoiler tags should be necessary.

I'm watching Lost right now, so I'm pissed that I clicked on that 10 year thread by accident

Someone hasn't seen it. Doesn't matter how long it is after the fact.