1) Do you typically read tags? How often do you search by tag?
The only tag I have ever searched for is the pairing tag.
2) What kinds of tags do you find spoilery and why?
Any tag that gives away the ending could be considered spoilery. But in some genres of fan fiction, that's a feature, not a bug.
3) What do you want to know about the content of a story before you read? Why?
I want to know fandom, pairing, rating, if it's a romance, if it's angsty, if it's death fic, if it has certain squicks of mine that I don't want to read (if possible; luckily my squicks are commonly tagged -- bloodplay is a NEVER READ EVER thing for me).
4) What do you not want to know about the content of a story before you read? Why?
For fanfic, I am usually entirely unconcerned with spoilers. Fanfic is something I read to enjoy familiar things, not to be surprised or taken in entirely new directions.
5) Would whether you consider any tags to be spoilery or not be affected if the author wrote the content indicated by the tags creatively or in an atypical way?
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Date: 2014-04-03 12:57 am (UTC)The only tag I have ever searched for is the pairing tag.
2) What kinds of tags do you find spoilery and why?
Any tag that gives away the ending could be considered spoilery. But in some genres of fan fiction, that's a feature, not a bug.
3) What do you want to know about the content of a story before you read? Why?
I want to know fandom, pairing, rating, if it's a romance, if it's angsty, if it's death fic, if it has certain squicks of mine that I don't want to read (if possible; luckily my squicks are commonly tagged -- bloodplay is a NEVER READ EVER thing for me).
4) What do you not want to know about the content of a story before you read? Why?
For fanfic, I am usually entirely unconcerned with spoilers. Fanfic is something I read to enjoy familiar things, not to be surprised or taken in entirely new directions.
5) Would whether you consider any tags to be spoilery or not be affected if the author wrote the content indicated by the tags creatively or in an atypical way?
I do not understand this question.