There's a huge difference between between a friend posting a spoiler or reading a comment and AMC posting a spoiler. AMC realized their mistake and apologized for it. I'm not sure why you refuse to see that and just "blame" folks for using Facebook.
There is no difference. A spoiler from a friend and a spoiler from AMC is no different from one another. And I'm not blaming solely the people using Facebook, I'm telling them to accept their side of the responsibility. They knew Facebook could contain spoilers, they chose to go onto it. Again, it's not just the source of the spoiler's fault, it's also the responsibility of the person who knowingly goes to a place where there will be spoilers present. That is something you're failing to grasp.
Sadly, it really seems that you think it's funny and it's okay for folks to ruin things for other people. There is no "blame" and people shouldn't be afraid to use Facebook or other platforms for "fear" of someone "ruining" their fun (note the quotes - using those words for lack of better terms).
No. Again, I find it funny that those who are solely blaming the source of the spoiler for their spoiling when they themselves have their share of the responsibility. If I post a picture, I post it for those who choose to look at it. Whether you look at it or not is not my responsibility. It's your responsibility if you decide to choose to look at it, and when.
I'm not sure why anyone should be "blamed" for using social networks anymore than going out in public. I can expect someone to talk about The Walking Dead at work or at some social function and I can walk away... I don't have AMC plastering a sign in front of me at one of these functions with Beth's dead body and RIP Beth (just like it popped up at the top of my newsfeed).
Again, you just pointed out in the first half of this statement exactly what I'm talking about. Facebook is no different than any other social function. You choose to go on it, whenever you want to. The moment you know there's a likelihood of a spoiler, you decide if you are to walk away and not hear it or if you decide to stay and listen. That is your responsibility about if you want to be spoiled. The same is true about Facebook: it's not just the source's responsibility, it's those who choose to go on Facebook before, during or after the airing of the episode. Even more so for the West Coast or anyone else in the world. If you know that people are going to be sharing spoilers, be it your best friend or AMC on Facebook, no matter if its a person you know or an official source, it is EQUALLY your responsibility for you being spoiled by choosing to go onto Facebook during the first showing before the episode airs in your region.
So yes... you can "blame" people for using Facebook and the like all you'd like. I'm not "blaming" AMC for anything... I'm saying they're wrong for posting this for several reasons: they've never done something like that before, they posted it before the episode finished airing and before it aired in many locations, they go through great lengths to keep secrets and avoid spoilers... and it makes zero sense for them to ruin the experience for their fans.
You can "blame" folks all you'd like for expecting to use Facebook without AMC posting a huge spoiler, but it's a whole lot like saying "she deserved to be raped because she dressed a certain way."
I'm not blaming the people for using Facebook. I'm blaming them for not accepting their share of their responsibility for being spoiled. If you don't want to be spoiled about an episode of "The Walking Dead" that you haven't seen yet, don't go somewhere where there are spoilers. Because if it wasn't AMC and it was someone else, let's say your best friend who posted a screen cap of Daryl carrying Beth from that episode, this same argument is valid: because it's a shared responsibility, not just one sided. THAT's my point.
I'm not sure why you can't understand that. Fortunately, AMC saw their mistake as that: a mistake and have vowed to remedy that.
No, I do understand that. What is clear is that you don't understand that being spoiled to an episode, or even a movie, is a two-way street and everyone that solely blames AMC is just as much responsible because they know Facebook can be prone to spoilers and chose to go onto anyways before they were able to see the episode. I applaud AMC for taking their side of the responsibility, which is something that isn't typical of a source of spoilers, but everyone I've seen complain on Facebook about AMC spoiling things need to butch up and accept their half of the responsibility. If they can't, then that their problem, not AMC's.
I don't have a ton of friends on Facebook (under 100) because I don't use it all that often. My newsfeed never has "spoiler" content, so your argument is flawed. When I go on Facebook I don't expect to see something that will ruin a show or movie for me.
The flaw in your argument is the company you keep. I have over 200 on my Friends List in my news feed and have seen spoilers for movies and TV shows (which is why I know not to be on Facebook when I watch "The Walking Dead") both old and new. A majority of them I've been lucky enough to see before hand. And the fact you don't expect there to be something that will ruin a show or a movie for you doesn't mean there's not ever going to be.
