1) I kinda skim and scan them. For example I look for certain warnings which may not be in other cats, or for some specific kinks I don't really care for. I may pay more attention to them if the summary is really vague. I do occasionally use the tag search for some rare-ish kinks. :) 2), 4) and 5) Hmm. I guess there's not much I find too spoilery --well except if the whole story's right there in the tags -- but I just pick what I wanna know about and ignore the rest. 3) Fandom, pairing, whether it's complete. PWPs because I usually don't like these much. Same goes for some kinks. Otherwise, major character death, non-con, extreme violence or torture, sad ending. I find some fics with such elements too hard to read sometimes, and others I'll bookmark for when I'm physically and emotionally in the right place for them.
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2), 4) and 5) Hmm. I guess there's not much I find too spoilery --well except if the whole story's right there in the tags -- but I just pick what I wanna know about and ignore the rest.
3) Fandom, pairing, whether it's complete. PWPs because I usually don't like these much. Same goes for some kinks. Otherwise, major character death, non-con, extreme violence or torture, sad ending. I find some fics with such elements too hard to read sometimes, and others I'll bookmark for when I'm physically and emotionally in the right place for them.