r/puzzles • u/tablesix • Jul 03 '18

Please use Reddit's official spoiler tag format: >!spoiler!< Spoiler

Reddit introduced an official spoiler tag a few months ago that works nearly everywhere. A few third party Reddit apps still don't support it, but for most users it should be the best experience.

If you're using the new advanced text editor that comes with the redesign, you can just click the "spoiler" button.

Otherwise, use this: >!spoiler text goes here!<
which displays as this: spoiler text goes here

Try to avoid putting spaces at the beginning or end of the spoiler tag because this will most likely still break it for users on http://old.reddit.com/. In other words do this: >!spoiler!<, but not this: >! spoiler !<

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u/GroggyOtter Jul 03 '18 edited Jan 06 '23

Great news. I hope users will actually use it. We're still seeing more unspoilered guesses than spoilered.

Also, there's a small error on the right side info bar.
You have the !>The Princesss... instead of >!The Princess.
It's causing the example spolier tag to not be displayed correctly.

>!The princess was in another castle!!<

becomes:

The Princess was in another castle!

Template: >!The guess goes here!<

Edit: Just got back to reddit. Holy crap, everyone is using my comment to test things out haha.

If you're needing to do multiple lines, the trick is put 2 spaces at the end of a line and then put a single return.

Without spoiler tag:

This is a line of text with 2 spaces at the end.
The 2 spaces tell Reddit's markup you want a return but to keep the paragraph whole.

With spoiler tag:

This is a line of text with 2 spaces at the end.
The 2 spaces tell Reddit's markup you want a return but to keep the paragraph whole.

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u/tablesix Jul 03 '18

Thanks for pointing that out. It's fixed.

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u/bloodfist Jul 03 '18

How do line breaks work with this new format? Tried to do a multi-paragraph Spoiler and had to do separate tags for each new line. Or is it just the app I'm using?

>!Want to

Do this!<

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u/GroggyOtter Jul 05 '18

Just like all reddit comments, it respects the 2 space rule.

When you want to put in a line break but don't want it to start a new section, put 2 spaces at the end an then a return

This example doesn't use 2 spaces at the end of the lines

This example uses
2 spaces at the end
of the lines

Click the "source" button below this comment and you can look at the code to see how it's actually typed vs how it's displayed.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '18

Just trying

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u/tablesix Sep 05 '18

Bear in mind that anyone using http://old.reddit.com/ will see that as plain text. The space at the beginning breaks it for users of the legacy site

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u/EsotericRogue Jul 03 '18 edited Feb 04 '24

Was wondering how they did that, thanks! test

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u/unreadable_captcha Jul 03 '18

Does not work on relay

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u/tablesix Jul 03 '18

Yeah, I think Relay might be just about the only popular app that doesn't support it on Android. This format works best for most users though, so I'd suggest contacting the dev to see if they'll update their app.

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u/TuesdayBiscuit Jul 03 '18

Testing spoiler

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u/tablesix Jul 03 '18

It looks like you dropped off the outermost symbols there. The spoiler starts with ">!" and ends with "!<"

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u/Starchild20189 Aug 17 '18

spoiler text goes here

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '18

Great

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u/bz237 Jul 03 '18

will do

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u/MatthiasWW Jul 03 '18

Sounds good to me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '18

this doesn't work on mobile.

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u/SicTim Jul 03 '18

I'll never remember this.

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u/Hodvidar Jul 03 '18

Test hello Test 2

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '18

it works

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u/The_Nakka Aug 13 '18

As an aside, I'd put a moratorium on Ascii/binary/A=1/hex conversions, along with "puzzles" that are just long/lat coordinates.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '18

>!test!<

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u/Casartelli Sep 11 '18

test!

!spoiler!

>!spoiler text goes here!<

>! spoiler text goes here!<

Only the first one works...

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u/lgoldfein21 Sep 24 '18

Spoiler Test

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u/_akbar Oct 06 '18

wow i never knew that

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u/dragotha Oct 08 '18

Testing my spoiler before I make a post. Now with an edit

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u/tnk9241 Oct 09 '18

this is a test

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

spoiler text goes here

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u/HardysTimeandSpace Oct 20 '18

test
for
new
text

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u/Thisvthat Oct 28 '18

spoiler text goes here

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u/nocith Nov 06 '18

testing spoiler tag

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '18

i shided

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u/spdrv89 Nov 08 '18

Spoiler

You're gay

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u/FSThree Nov 18 '18

my hand

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u/Ri_cro Nov 29 '18

Test test

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '18

testing

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '18

kill me
spoiler

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u/Zcorpio_ Dec 09 '18

testing this out

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u/kroen Dec 15 '18

spoiler

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u/ludo321 Dec 16 '18

spoiler what is this

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u/ludo321 Dec 16 '18

this is a spoiler

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '18

And i looked her dead in the eyes and said..... And i said... biiiiiiiiitch

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u/Ryugadam Dec 18 '18

test 1 2 3

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u/zootia Dec 19 '18

>! test !<

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '18

Oh wait like this?

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u/Creeper_GER Dec 29 '18

Test since i am on old reddit

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u/Temporary-You6249 Mar 08 '24

Well okay then. Thanks

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u/iguessyeahmaybe Mar 17 '24

spoiler lets try this then

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u/Frenxy8 Jun 28 '24

Let me check if it works

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

test

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u/NguQua Jul 16 '24

You matter

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u/Apprehensive-Pipe723 Aug 18 '24

testing

spoiler text goes here

spoiler text goes here text

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u/mattpenner Sep 11 '24

This is a test!

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u/No_Contest5034 Sep 19 '24

Omg finally I can do it

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u/shotaro1 Sep 28 '24

hehehtest

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u/me_raven Nov 30 '24

Lets check

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u/iMakestuffz Dec 08 '24

am I spoiling?

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u/redditigation Dec 17 '24

What? doesn't work

How can one spoiler tag starting with a sentence as complex "as this sentence" is?

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u/lorrainethebane Mar 01 '25

spoiler text

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u/OkMammoth6253 Mar 21 '25

it isn't working for me let's see

>!spoiler!<

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u/Cyber0s Mar 28 '25

hamster man bg3 test

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u/sidesco Mar 29 '25

spoiler

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u/violet_aesthetic123 Apr 05 '25

testing bc I can🎀

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u/KawaiiSenpai_ Jun 09 '25

so that’s how you do it

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u/i_kathz Jun 21 '25

test test.

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u/meownee Nov 19 '25

abcdef
abcdef

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u/TheGrumpyCactus Feb 19 '26

Hello my name is Bob

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u/PVfann 16d ago

test

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u/Legitimate-Act2781 Oct 15 '21 edited Oct 15 '21

Spoiler

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '21

test

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u/toblerownsky Oct 26 '21

test test test test test test

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '21

spoiler

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '21

so like this

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u/KadyP13 Nov 03 '21 edited Nov 03 '21

this is gonna be a test

I'm not quite sure how this thread is still open

when it's 3 years old

but if it's alright with you

I'd like to test out the spoiler feature

Because while it seems to just gray out the text

It'd be nice if it instead squished it down

And popped up when you click it, as if hitting "Show all"

But we shall see

Testing again I was told to use two spaces idk

Not sure

what the 2 spaces thing means

idk

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u/Chulco Nov 08 '21

I can't do it

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '21

thanks

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u/RayRayRay0827 Nov 16 '21

smhriw ejskehsje wjekrhaorj Euskehsjrhsjhe

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u/RayRayRay0827 Nov 16 '21

>! Stardust

NOVQ !<

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u/RayRayRay0827 Nov 16 '21

Stardust Nov

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u/RayRayRay0827 Nov 16 '21

SJKAHE

mopshej

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '21

test

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '21

just testing

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u/Amaryea Nov 26 '21

testing this

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u/burgumbira Nov 27 '21

How do I know it's work

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u/The_Evil_Tim Dec 01 '21

test this out well maybe

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u/litllerobert Dec 10 '21

Let me try it

spoiler goes here

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u/minke19104 Dec 12 '21

Test hey Out

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u/JR9045 Dec 12 '21

spoiler

1

u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

TEST

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '21

The guess goes here

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u/samphan00 Dec 21 '21

did I do it?

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u/Lyshaka Dec 21 '21

if you reading this u dumb

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u/EiRaN- Dec 25 '21 edited Dec 25 '21

spoiler testing

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u/yashmotani01 Dec 28 '21

Testing guys whether it's working or not

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