Ron Moore dislikes spoilers

Ron Moore posted a little note in his blog about the prevalence of spoilers. I have stated repeatedly that I steer clear of spoilers on this blog. Ron, if you are reading, I hope you appreciate that! ;)

Surfed through the official boards and saw a LOT of spoiler photos from the finale. I'm not trying to be snarky, or ruin anyone's fun or trample anyone's speech, but I gotta say, I'm pretty disappointed that so much material is getting posted. There's a lot of people who work really, really hard on the show who are waiting to see the finale and have the pleasure of surprising the audience and it's a bummer when it's ruined this close to the final airdate. Obviously, people can do what they want, it's a free country but I'd really appreciate it if the photos posted so far were confined to that thread and if people resisted the temptation to post any more shots or any more plot details.

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That being said, I personally don't have a problem with other people posting spoilers... some people just want to know... that is fine... But I agree with Mr. Moore that solid efforts need to be taken to project those that are trying to stay clean from spoilers. I think The Great Link has one of the best systems in place for spoilers. You are greeted with a healthy warning and you have to click a button to proceed. It doesn't get much more preventative than that.

There is a very real problem with international audiences who are behind the US in episode count. I guess for anyone outside my country this entire blog could be viewed as "Spoilerish"... and I recognize that. However we have to realize that no matter what, posting something will always be a spoiler for someone... I have friends in the US who only watch TV shows on DVD and therefore consider every Monday morning BSG lunch conversation potentially spoilerish.

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[kate]

i took his blog in a different way - considering the spoilers are actual photos from the show that must be making their way there via some unauthorized means, i think he's annoyed with that, and the amount present on the boards.