I am with the OP here and agree with Olly's post above me ^^^^^.
Have to say that I was pretty annoyed about that 'Apprentice Spoiler' thread being put up here last night. In fact, like Olly and Velvet Donkey and several others here, I can't see the point of spoilers at all. Why on earth would anyone want the show ruined?
And I also am aware that the content of the last few threads are displayed on the home page, and if anyone had accidently clicked on the home page, it would've been ruined. So after 3 months or more, of religiously watching the show, the final could have been spoiled, by someone thoughtlessly posting the winner on here just a few hours before the final! I mean, what was the point? And why would anyone think that anyone would want to know?
I actually came on here at about 8pm last night in the hope of chatting on here about the Apprentice when it was on, and saw that thread with "SPOILER: APPRENTICE WINNER," and I had to instantly 'X' out the site, because I didnt want to risk seeing it. That one thread could have ruined it for me, and many others.
And despite the poster of that thread justifying putting it by saying 'well stuff is leaked out on the net and the press anyway;' *I* am on the internet every day, and watch tv quite abit, and also read the papers sometimes, and I never ever saw anything 'leaked.' You would have to be specifically looking for it.
As the last poster suggested, it would be appreciated if people who are desperate to let everyone know that they know what the result or storyline is on any particular thing; that they say "PM me if you want to know," because I sure as hell don't want to know it, as I don't want my enjoyment ruining. And it came very very close to being ruined last night, because of that 'spoiler' thread. I couldnt even post on here during the show, or just before it, because I didnt want to risk spotting who it was.