(Guide/Review) Hide spoilers on Websites with Spoiler Protection

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Hide spoilers on Websites with Spoiler Protection

Spoiler Protection 2.0 is a browser extension for Chromium-based browsers, such as Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge, and for Mozilla Firefox, that hides content that you define on websites that you visit.

 

Spoilers can take the fun out of watching a TV show or movie, playing a game, or reading a book. If you never watched the original Star Wars trilogy, you may not want to know that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father, as it will impact your viewing experience.

 

 

Similarly, when you plan to play a game that is already out, or read a book, or watch another movie or TV show, then you may not want to be exposed to spoilers.

 

Spoiler Protection 2.0 is a browser extension that hides spoilers on sites. It needs site access permission and requires that you add a list of spoilers to it, e.g. the name of a movie, characters of a TV show, or the name of a computer game. Once you have done that, you need to toggle the "show keywords on websites" option to hide spoilers from sites that you visit.

 

Note that text around the spoiler is automatically hidden as well, with a red overlay, on many popular sites including Twitter, Google Search, YouTube, Facebook, and many news sites.  These main sites are supported well, while other sites may reveal some information.

 

 

The extension supports adding custom sites to make it work on sites that are not supported automatically. The process requires that you add a name and web page url, and select the right CSS information to get spoilers and the surrounding text hidden correctly.

 

Categories may be used to manage spoilers more efficiently, but there is no requirement to use them. Spoilers are by default overpainted with a red color. A double-click on a hidden element reveals the content.

Closing Words

Spoiler Protection 2.0 is a handy extension for Internet users who don't want to be exposed to spoilers while using a web browser. The extension requires that users add information about spoilers first before it can hide those. While that is self-explanatory, it means that users need to have at least some understanding, e.g. about characters, locations or events, to block information about these from appearing in the web browser.

 

Broader strings, e.g. Game of Thrones, block only some spoilers. If a site talks about Eddard Stark dying at the end of the first season but does not mention Game of Thrones in vicinity, you'd still be exposed to potential spoilers.

 

In other words: Spoiler Protection is helpful in reducing your exposure to spoilers, but it is not a 100% way to protect you from being exposed to them.

 

Landing Page: https://spoilerprotection.wecdev.com/ 

 

Hide spoilers on Websites with Spoiler Protection