Game of Thrones: How to avoid the spoilers

11 April 2014 - 02:20 By Michael Hogan, ©The Daily Telegraph
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Still from the hit television series "Game of Thrones".
Still from the hit television series "Game of Thrones".
Image: ©HBO

Before you launch into discussion of the latest TV phenomenon, always check if others present are pirating and watching season four.

Follow conversational etiquette

Before you launch into discussion of the latest TV phenomenon, always check if others present are pirating and watching season four. If so, put in a request for discretion.

Use the 'mute' function on Twitter

Stay off social networks until you have watched the show. Or mute the appropriate hashtags and mentions in Tweetdeck.

Lapel badge system

Person A: Series 3, episode 5. Person B: Series 3, episode 3. The boundaries are set.

Use 'Spoiler Foiler'

Netflix launched this app to keep Breaking Bad and House of Cards spoilers off Twitter. When activated, it blacks out "danger words" in your news feed that might reveal plot developments.

Use 'Spoiler Shield'

This app allows you to block mentions of 50 TV shows and sports from your social media feeds . It is based in the US, so isn't much use with local series yet.

Don't read articles about shows until you have watched them

Why did you click on it and read to the end, you maniac?

Watch for 'spoiler alert' warnings

This informal online warning system has evolved to protect the innocent, so let it do its job.

Watch everything right away

If you watch every episode of every show as soon as it airs, it is impossible to be spoiled.

Learn official spoiler etiquette

Follow the rules in a video that sees the stars of The Wire, The Walking Dead, Heroes, Dexter and Battlestar Galactica join forces in the war on spoilers.

  • 'Game Of Thrones' starts on April 18 at 9.30pm on MNet, DStv 101
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