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Originally Posted by meeera
A middle of the road sample... of reasonably privileged Americans aged 18-22, all students at the same 4-year college, who are reading short stories they were told to read for study-participation class credit. I just don't think that sample or that methodology can be generalised to "most people everywhere of all ages and backgrounds actually enjoy spoiled novels/TV shows/movies/short stories even though they say they don't".
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And when I was in college, the shortest path to "Get this done" was the winner. So if someone gave me spoilers and that meant I didn't have to do x, y or z to complete the task, it was a win. If you are a non-reader, and given this task, spoilers would be the bomb. What is the story about? Aha! I want the spoiler. Fill in the blank.
That said there are people who like spoilers and that is a fine and good thing for them. My mother and her best friend are avid readers. My mother's friend ALWAYS reads the last chapter first. She reads a lot of mysteries and thrillers. She and mom argue all the time over whether that makes sense and so on. Friend has never been able to explain to Mom why she does it, but she does it. I've always wondered if she doesn't like too much tension in what she reads--so she checks the ending. But honestly, that's just the way she reads. She and Mom both read a LOT so in a survey of the two of them, you'd be 50/50 for spoilers.
