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Avengers: Endgame Spoiler Prevention Campaign

Avengers: Endgame Spoiler Prevention Campaign

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Avengers: Endgame Spoiler Prevention Campaign or #DontSpoilTheEndgame refer to a campaign initiated by Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo and supported by several major subreddits which aimed at preventing pre-premiere spoilers from 2019 Marvel superhero film Avengers: Endgame from being leaked; as well as memes spreading awareness of potential spoilers from the movie and related meta memes.

Origin

On April 12th, 2019, Redditor NoahJ666 posted a Spider-Man Presentation meme calling for bans against users who spoil Avengers: Endgame superhero film, scheduled to release in the U.S. on April 26th, 2019.[1]


spoiling avengers endgame should be ban worthy

In the comments, /r/dankmemes moderator READMYSHIT promised to remove any pre-premiere spoilers from the sub,[2][3] with the comment receiving over 2,700 upvotes.


4 READMYSHIT2.7k points 13 days ago It will be. Provided people report the s--- out of anything spoilery they see the mods will do what we can to keep it off the sub. Reply Give Award Share Report Save 會 READMYSHIT 727 points . 13 days ago Remember too. All of the mods get spoiled. Its part of the job ;) Reply Give Award Share Report Save

On April 16th, Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo tweeted an open letter in which they asked everyone not to spoil "Avengers: Endgame", launching #DontSpoilTheEndgame hashtag (shown below).[8] The tweet gained over 96,300 retweets and 206,000 likes.


To the greatest fans in the world This is it. This is the end. The end of an unprecedented narrative mosaid spanning eleven years and eleven franchises. For all of you who have been on this journey with us since the very beginning, sharing every high and low with your family, your friends, your classmates, your co-workers. Investing so deeply in every character and storyline. Laughing. Cheering. Shedding tears. Giving so freely of your thoughts and emotions in spirited dialogue, theories, fan art, and fan fiction. Please know that the two of us, along with everyone involved in Endgame, have worked tirelessly for the last three years with the sole intention of delivering a surprising and emotionally powerful conclusion to the Infinity Saga Because so many of you have invested your time, your hearts, and your souls into these stories, we're once again asking for your help When you see Endgame in the coming weeks, please don't spoil it for others, the same way you wouldn't want it spoiled for you. Remember, Thanos still demands your silence As always, good luck and happy viewing... The Russo Brothers #DontSpoilTheEndgame

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As #DontSpoilTheEndgame hashtag gained traction online, several major subreddits, including /r/dankmemes, /r/memes and /r/thanosdidnothingwrong, pledged to prevent any spoilers an unidentified period following the premiere. Multiple notable posts praising /r/dankmemes moderators for removing the spoilers from the subreddit were posted, with many examples referencing /r/dankmemes in-joke about about all subreddit moderators being gay. For example, on April 16th, 2018, Redditor StaticVenom posted a JonTron meme announcing that /r/dankmemes moderators were "promoted to bisexual". The post gained over 27,000 upvotes in nine days.[4]


Staying off Reddit in case of Endgame Spoilers. Hoping that people are courteous enough not to post spoilers. Mods sacuifceing themselves to protect us from spoders and promoting them to bisexual

In the same period, posts pledging to downvote any seen Endgame spoilers were posted in /r/thanosdidnothingwrong,[9] /r/dankmemes and other subreddits. For example, the first such post by Redditor NachNach16, made on April 16th, 2018, gained over 9,300 upvotes.[5]


I,u/NachNach16, pledge to watch Endgame opening day, Sort by new, and downvote all spoilers

In the following days, several users also made posts ridiculing the circlejerk (examples shown below).[6][7]


"I will downvote Endgame spoilers' r/dankmemes: S 300 178 167 's a he efully, Why is it when I open reddit it is always you three? 4/20 Ah s---, here Don't spoil we go again endgame

#DontSpoilTheEndgame Video

On April 25th, 2019, Marvel Enterntainment YouTube channel posted a promotional video tagged #DontSpoilTheEndgame in which Endgame cast asked the viewers not to spoil the film.



#DontSpoilTheEndgame Campaign End

Following the premiere of the movie, moderators of /r/dankmemes, /r/thanosdidnothingwrong and numerous other meme subreddits removed all posts containing spoilers, while members of the Instagram meme community utilized multi-slide feature in order to warn their subscribers about Avengers: Endgame spoilers in their posts.[10][11]

On May 2nd, 2019, major meme subreddits lifted the restriction, allowing submittions of posts containing spoilers provided they had been given the "spoiler" tag.

On the same day, Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo announced that #DontSpoilTheEndgame campaign will end on May 6th, 2019, ten days after the premiere of the film.[12]


Russo Brothers @Russo_Brothers If you haven't seen Endgame yet, see it this weekend. The spoiler ban lifts on Monday! Check out @GMA for the full video... "AVENGERS: ENDGAME" DIRECTORS IN TIMES SQUARE GMA Di iccO BROTHERS ON FILM'S RECORD SUCCESS, SOCIAL MEDIA & SPOILERS E 0:35% 9.16M views」Y PG&E WANTS TO CREATE $105 MILLION HOUSING FUND FOR WILDFIRE VICT 11:13 AM -2 May 2019

On that day, /r/dankmemes,[13] /r/memes,[14] /r/thanosdidnothingwrong[15] and other subreddits started allowing posts containing spoilers without the "spoiler" tag.

Various Examples


Endgame spoiler: *exists* Bisexual mods: no is thu bad hen +he is the ood 4-hare is tht "bad" that is in the Qpod 4here is tha ood" that is itn the badl" 4-HERE IS LIFE Here are the people Who spoil Endgame When you realize you can't see Endgame because it has Endgame spoilers
These spoilers are sooo dope durar ALİ No endgame spoilers I'm just a car enthusiast r/4chan is overflowing with endgame spoilers even the tab description. Avoid at all costs Guys this is not a meme its a PSA. imgflip.com Say the line, Bart! Enagame opening day, Sort by neW, and downvote all spoilers.

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External References

[1] Reddit – fixed it

[2] Reddit – READMYSHIT's Comment

[3] Reddit – READMYSHIT's Comment

[4] Reddit – Spoiling endgame should be ban worthy.

[5] Reddit – https://i.redd.it/0y7rwdewtqs21.jpg

[6] Reddit – i will downvote endgame spoilers

[7] Reddit – actually true

[8] Twitter – @Russo_Brothers's Tweet

[9] Reddit – [Announcement] Thanos demands your silence

[10] Instagram – joshua.likes.salsa's Post

[11] Instagram – thicc.m4v's Post

[12] Twitter – @Russo_Brothers's Tweet

[13] Reddit – Endgame spoilers will be allowed on Monday with spoiler tags.

[14] Reddit – Endgame Spoilers Are Now Allowed

[15] Reddit – The Russo Brothers have spoken, spoilers are now allowed on the subreddit without the warning.

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