If you have not already watched the newest episode of Game of Thrones (titled Oathkeeper), then the Internet is a spoiler-filled minefield proper now. You have been aggravated by the individuals who talked in regards to the Purple Wedding after watching episode two, or those who spoiled the ending of Breaker of Chains?
Well, as e book readers are discovering out as nicely, with the newest episode Oathkeeper, there’s sufficient that has modified between the books and the present, thanks to the completely different factors of view which weren’t there within the e book, that nobody is actually protected from spoilers.
But when you actually, actually don’t need individuals to break John Snow’s decapitation (kidding) with a careless tweet, and might’t watch the present concurrently everybody else – presumably as a result of it airs with a one week delay the place you reside – then you definately’ll be joyful to know that there is an app for that.
That’s Spoiler Shield, a free app for Android and iOS. You can get the obtain hyperlinks for each shops here. A Chrome extension is meant to be coming quickly, however for now, to use Spoiler Shield, simply set up the app in your cellphone, register with Twitter and Facebook, after which arrange an inventory of exhibits you need to defend.
There are some 50 exhibits to select from already, so you’ll be able to decide exhibits like Game of Thrones, Agents of Shield, the Walking Dead and extra. Just undergo the checklist and activate the toggles for the exhibits you don’t need spoiled, after which use the Spoiler Shield app to browse Facebook and Twitter. You’ll nonetheless see all of the posts from your folks and find a way to work together with them usually. But if any replace mentions one of the exhibits you are attempting to maintain unspoiled? Then you may see an enormous defend, holding spoilers at bay, so nobody can inform you that Tyrion shot Jamie Lannister with a crossbow (kidding once more). You can nonetheless double faucet a defend if you’d like to reveal the message, when you actually need to.
It’s superb, it is free and very easy, however that is not the one trick accessible.
Another factor you are able to do is get TweetDeck. It’s a superb Twitter consumer and it is possible that you have already got it put in. In which case you’d already know the subsequent half, however for everybody else, TweetDek allows you to cover tweets which have sure phrases in them. Don’t need to see any tweets which point out Game of Thrones, or Khaleesi, or Red Viper, and something with the phrases spoiler alert? TweetDeck has you lined!
Of course TweetDeck isn’t the one consumer that provides this characteristic – nearly all main shoppers allow you to mute sure hashtags or key phrases.
You also needs to take a look at the Silencer extension for Chrome.
Silencer allows you to create key phrase blocks to cover content material from your Twitter and Facebook feeds, so simply enter the names of just a few characters and “Game of Thrones” and you’ll robotically block off the related pages. But as a substitute of configuring this your self, you might simply obtain the Game of Thrones pack, that covers 44 completely different phrases for you!
In case you are a Tumblr customer, you also needs to take a look at Tumblr Saviour, which works with most main browsers. With this extension, you’ll be able to block out every part that even mentions the title of your present, or you’ll be able to block particular spoiler tags that the blogs you comply with use, relying on how a lot of a danger you are prepared to take.
Of course, the one possible way to avoid all spoilers is to avoid all contact with humanity, as a result of you realize some fool goes to come up to you in workplace within the morning and say, “Oh my God dude, did you see the scene where the dragons totally ate the queen!” (kidding once more, sorry.)