@glasnost: I like the major_spoilers idea, but something...

glasnost
2011-04-19T22:38:54-04:00

I like the major_spoilers idea, but something less subjective may be useful here: how about current_spoilers? It seems to me that the vast majority of people who want to avoid being spoiled are people who are watching the show, but just haven't had the time to see the latest episode yet. If we tag current_spoilers on posts that refer to material from the the most recently broadcast episode, viewers could blacklist that tag and still see the rest of the posts, while those people who aren't watching the show, but are still blacklisting spoilers for it (really, what exactly is going through their minds?) can continue blacklisting the spoilers tag.