I'm a bit of an outlying data point since I don't care about being "spoiled" and I gather that most people do.
1. I always read tags. I guess by tag is the way I search most often, because I am looking for fics that include one particular character in my fandom.
2. n/a
3. Does it contain the character I am looking for? What pairings, if any, are there? How long is it? Does it contain any of my personal squicks or things I'm not interested in reading (e.g. most crossovers)? What genre is it (comedy, adventure, romance...)? Is it alternate universe/reality? What is its rating (general/teen/adult)?
4. n/a
5. I guess I could see that becoming spoilery. The author could potentially give away quite specific things if they wrote non-canonical tags in a certain way.
I wonder if others would appreciate being able to expand/collapse that area on the page, and being able to set a preference to have it expanded or collapsed by default?
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1. I always read tags. I guess by tag is the way I search most often, because I am looking for fics that include one particular character in my fandom.
2. n/a
3. Does it contain the character I am looking for? What pairings, if any, are there? How long is it? Does it contain any of my personal squicks or things I'm not interested in reading (e.g. most crossovers)? What genre is it (comedy, adventure, romance...)? Is it alternate universe/reality? What is its rating (general/teen/adult)?
4. n/a
5. I guess I could see that becoming spoilery. The author could potentially give away quite specific things if they wrote non-canonical tags in a certain way.
I wonder if others would appreciate being able to expand/collapse that area on the page, and being able to set a preference to have it expanded or collapsed by default?