2nd March 2008, 7:28 PM
Better argument for the hide button: you don't know exactly what is being spoiled. You don't know if it's a major spoiler or a minor spoiler. So you might set spoiler to "show", thinking that it will contain information about, say, a plot point of a movie that you want to see, a plot point that perhaps is revealed within the first half of the movie anyway. Then, once you begin reading a bunch of words about the ending, you can quickly hide it before you read too much.
Or you can avert your eyes and scroll down. No huge deal, but thank you for adding it, regardless.
Or you can avert your eyes and scroll down. No huge deal, but thank you for adding it, regardless.