Premieres in the world of entertainment, mainly in the cinema, are some of those things that make the internet go crazy. One day everything is calm, and the next day all Twitter is talking about the new season of stranger things or the latest Marvel movie. If you have already had the opportunity to see them, it can be a unique and fun experience to join the conversation. However, if you haven’t, spoilers can become your worst nightmare.
For this reason, today we are here to show you 3 tricks so that you can surf the internet with greater peace of mind. With them, you will be able to avoid finding spoilers in your social networks or in YouTube videos. But yes, keep in mind that this does not cover the conversations of your co-workers or people on the subway (and neither those of your friends on WhatsApp).
With these three tools, the internet has never been so secure for a movie buff with little time in his day to day. Just follow the steps to start living fearlessly on the web.
First option: mute words on Twitter
This is the “easiest” option on the list. Probably the biggest difficulty is remembering all the words you have to silence. Depending on the production, they can be manyas was the case with Game of Thrones at the time.
When you already have names of characters, the name of the series, production locations and much more – if you can include the names of the actors, the better -, you can proceed to mute these specific words.
To do it, just Do the following.
- Enter to Twitter. Both on the web and in the app, the steps are quite similar.
- Later, go to Settings and privacy.
- tap on Privacy & Security. here, open mute and block.
- tap on silenced words. Once here, just select the button Add.
Write the word or phrase. It can also be a hashtag or a Twitter user. When you have it ready, activate start timelineY make sure the indicator is on from anyone. If you leave it on From people you don’t follow —as it comes by default—, Twitter will only silence the word of those users whom you are not following. Which can cause you bitter surprises.
Second option: use this extension for your browser
Why limit yourself to just muting Twitter words, when you can do it with the entire internet? That’s how it is. This extension called Spoiler Protection 2.0, available for Chrome, will allow you to mute words from Facebook, Google, news websitesTwitter and more.
Go to the Chrome Web Storedownload it and, once installed, just configure it to your liking. You can even choose if you want to exempt certain websites of your preference, in case you do not want to completely disconnect from this topic.
Spoiler Protection 2.0 it will also block pictures and videos, if so configured. A tool that every computer should have, without a doubt.
Third option: block YouTube spoilers
Video Blocker Y Shut Up are two of the most useful extensions that you will find in the Google Web Store. With the first you can block all the videos you want, including those on a specific topic. With the second, meanwhile, you can disable comments to avoid accidentally spoiling yourself when reading them.
Just download the extensions and activate them in Chrome to start enjoying life without spoilers. Of course, stay alert, after all these things can always go wrong at some point.