How To Use Discord Spoiler Tag (Discord Spoiler Text)
The Discord App has become one of the best platforms to send text messages, images, and more with your closest friends.
This platform can be used to talk about video games, books, movies, and anything else you may want.
Nonetheless, some people in the Discord server might be commenting on spoilers about a movie or video game that you just don’t want to read at all.
It can also happen the other way around: you don’t want to ruin a good story for someone by revealing a major spoiler in the plot.
The solution? Discord Spoiler Tags! The spoiler tag has many good uses that we’ll surely cover in today’s blog post.
After reading, you’ll now comprehend:
- How does hiding spoilers in Discord work;
- How to use Spoiler tags on Discords’ platform;
- Valuable things you must know to use the Discord Chat properly.
What is Discord Spoiler?
Discord offers the possibility to “mark as spoiler” an image or a text message.
This way, the content is not directly visible to the participants of the chat.
Discord can also be used for voice calls, messages, and game chatting features, so it’s not limited to chatting about spoilers and similar stuff.
3 Reasons to Use a Spoiler Tag in the Discord App
If you have ever participated in a server chat, then you know how unique the Discord experience can be.
Everyone is constantly looking to share their comments or something else, which creates a friendly atmosphere among each user on the server.
Nonetheless, this is the Internet - and do you know who are also internet users? Trolls!
Now, there are many other uses you can give to a Discord server .
Some of them are:
- Discord became popular among gamers, so you can chat with your team whenever you want;
- You can communicate with your coworkers;
- There’s the possibility to participate in specific Discord servers about movies, books and even music.
As you can see, this is a powerful tool if you want to communicate with others and share ideas.
SPOILER ALERT: Did you know that you can play music on Discord ? Make sure to check it out as well as our other articles!
Still, spoiler tags are a great way to maintain order inside the servers.
These are the most important reasons to use Spoiler tags.
This is a Spoiler Message: Do not read!
Imagine you are just logging into Discord after a tiring day of work.
If people were talking about some kind of spoilers about your favorite TV series, and they had the decency to “Mark as Spoiler” their messages, then you’ll see a tag that’ll warn you about this.
The spoiler tag feature has a real purpose that the Discord community has employed since the beginning of time.
Although it might sound like a simple mobile spoiler tag feature, the truth is that spoilers tags are more useful than most people imagine.
Not Sharing Spoilers are Good Manners
Sharing spoilers is not something nice, and we all know it.
Of course, we can all comment about the stories we like on discord servers, but deciding to add spoiler tags is just common courtesy.
Remember that you can also add spoiler tags to images since these markdown tags work for almost everything.
So, if you don’t need to mark text comments but other attachments, then you can do so as well.
Share Better Experiences
If you really enjoyed a movie’s ending, why would you want to ruin it for the ones that haven’t seen it?
Think about it: hiding spoilers in the Discord server is the best method to share unforgettable experiences with other people.
How to Add Spoiler Tags to Discord Messages
Adding spoiler tags on Discord is a fundamental part of the Discord platform.
You never know whenever you will need to tread lightly while entering a Discord channel, or when others might get offended in the same way by reading a spoiler unintentionally.
Luckily, this is an easy process both in the Discord Desktop App and the mobile App.
Although the Discord website and the mobile apps work alike, there are some punctual differences that you must take into account.
So, take note, and let’s start right now!
How to add Discord Spoiler Tag on Discord Desktop App
The process to add a spoiler tag while using the Discord Desktop Version is very straightforward.
Marking a Text Message as a Spoiler
Open Discord, and at the left side of the screen, you will see the servers and channels where you can chat on.
You must figure out if you want to mark all of a message as Spoiler text or just part of it.
In the first scenario, all you have to do is select the section of text that you want to hide and click on the eye icon:
The hidden text will be shown between bars (also known as “pipe key”).
The bars indicate the parts that are being hidden from others.
Now, if you want to mark the whole text as a Spoiler Message, you just need to type /Spoiler at the beginning of the text box and hit the enter key.
This also works if you use markdown effects in the text, so don’t worry.
With this method, you can also hide links or an email address if you please.
Nevertheless, keep in mind that you cannot hide code blocks using this tag.
Marking Images as Spoilers
If you want to mark as image as a spoiler, just upload the image to the server, and the option will quickly appear:
Just mark the spoiler tag and add a comment in the message if you want.
The images marked with this tag will appear like a hidden attached file. In the case of text, bold italics or underline italics appear instead.
Spoiler Tag on Discord Mobile App
To add Spoiler Tags on the Discord Mobile Version (whether you use iOs or Android), just follow these quick steps.
The process consists of using two vertical bars so you can manage messages enabled with the same markdown syntax that points out spoilers.
It is a little harder than doing so in the browser version, but the backslash feature will work well enough.
Hiding Text Messages
Basically, you must follow the same procedure as on the desktop.
You can select part of the text and mark it as spoiler in the context menu, as shown below:
Or you could simply write the text between bars (like || this ||) or add the /Spoiler tag at the beginning of your messages.
Embedded links can also use the markdown syntax feature, even if the complete message that you will write in the chat bar doesn’t have a spoiler. Hiding a link URL will indeed help you a lot!
Hiding Images
Unfortunately, you can’t officially mark a message that contains an image as a spoiler on the mobile version.
So, if you are using the mobile discord app, then it is advisable to avoid sending spoilers from mobile devices at all.
That being said, other markdown symbols can also be manually put if you tap “Mark Down” to open the many.
Learn more about other markdown tags by going to the official Discord Website.
Pro tip: Some users claim that changing the image’s file name on your phone works to mark images as spoilers on the mobile version.
Start the new image name with /Spoiler and send it to the server as a message - that should do the trick!
Can You Turn Off the Spoiler Tag?
Yes, you can! If by any chance you tell yourself, “I’m not afraid of spoilers!” just go to User Settings at the lower left corner of the Discord screen, and the following menu will appear:
You’ll have three options to show Spoiler Content:
- On click;
- On Servers I moderate;
- Always: if you mark this option, the spoiler tag won’t have any effect at all for you.
That’s it for today! You are now ready to use this powerful tag.
Perhaps now you could pimp up your Discord banner ?
Discord Spoiler FAQ
How Do You Blackout Text on a Discord Server?
Just place the text between bars or add the “/Spoiler’’ tag at the beginning of the message.
It’s the same procedure in the desktop and mobile versions.
How Do You View Spoiler Messages on Discord?
Just click on them! The spoiler tags can easily be dismissed just by clicking on them.
Remember - do it at your own risk!
Karen is a senior technical writer and copywriter here at GrowFollowing. Her area of expertize are social media apps and new media.