@avantgame If you request them, not a problem at all. Back in 2011 Sci. Amer. showed spoilers can make something more enjoyable, not less.
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@avantgame Here's a summary of the paper. http://psy2.ucsd.edu/~nchristenfeld/Publications_files/Spoilers.pdf …
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@avantgame It seems this is more a question of etiquette (polite behavior in a closed social circle) than ethics (universal moral codes). -
@dakotareese that seems like it could be right :) but some people so clearly offended it seemed deeper than etiquette to me?
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@avantgame I'd be a little disappointing if my story was simplified by whether or not the ending is interesting.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame I thin Roland Barthes essay The Death of the Author is relevant here: http://www.tbook.constantvzw.org/wp-content/death_authorbarthes.pdf …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame authors need thick skin, if this is insulting, how about direct rejection - sorry it's a cruel world; but be as nice as you canThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame Once an artist creates a work, it's no longer in their control. The public can engage with it and interpret it however they like.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame How is this an ethical question at all? If anyone is bothered with why you chose to read a book it is rather a question of taste.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame Maybe better to ask authors, but as a reader, I'd like to know what I'm getting into, similar to most media.#NoFearofSpoilers :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame And we certainly go to restaurants based on recs from people who already ate a meal there...why not recs for books someone read?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame As a novelist, I'd say it only stands to harm you, so if you're willing to risk that, the author shouldn't be worried.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame I don't know about "unethical" but I could see getting annoyed at having a story reduced to what happens at the end.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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