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How to Avoid Spoilers Online and in Chats
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With multiple streaming services to choose from and the entire history of cinema and television to dig into, you'd be forgiven for not being up-to-date with the latest films and shows.
Key facts
- You can't ever eliminate that risk entirely, but there are ways to minimize the chances of something being spoiled for you
- Any posts containing the words you specify here won't show up on your timeline and won't trigger any notifications inside the app
- If Bluesky is your social platform of choice, open up Settings from the navigation menu on the left, then pick Moderation > Muted words & tags
- As with X, you can choose to have words muted for a certain time period or until you unmute them again
Summary
Whether it's a twisty Netflix thriller or the season finale of a show on Apple TV, there will be times when you haven't gotten around to watching something and yet you don't want the plot spoiled for you. You can't ever eliminate that risk entirely, but there are ways to minimize the chances of something being spoiled for you. Many of the biggest social media platforms come with ways for muting posts that contain certain words, giving you a way of hiding content mentioning specific movies and shows. On X, for example, you can open up Settings and privacy from the left-hand menu on desktop or mobile, then choose Privacy and safety > Mute and block > Muted words.