After the world premiere of the latest Star Wars installment "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," fans have taken to social media to express their enthusiastic reactions of the movie, journalists and bloggers have, by now, posted their reviews about the film. While some are really trying hard not to say anything to avoid spoiling the surprise for other viewers, the overeager ones just might slip and post it somewhere where those who have not yet seen the movie can accidentally read about.
So now some people are opting out on using social media or going online until they watch the film.
@JeffreyTWebb tweeted "Well since real humans out in the wild have seen #StarWars I guess that means no social media for 3 days. Bye Twitter! 10:17 PM - 15 Dec 2015 · Alexandria, VA, United States."
@Safety_Ben tweeted "Welp. Time to get off the Internet till I see Star Wars.. bye! 10:31 AM - 15 Dec 2015."
To avoid spoilers, there's a Chrome extension called The Force, and, according to a New York Times article, "it aims to help people avoid spoilers." The browser would be interrupted if it can detect certain keywords with quotes from "Star Wars."
The words "Star Wars" can also be muted on Tweetdeck. This is a popular application that helps you manage Twitter feeds. You can go to settings and click mute.
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is the highly anticipated seventh installment in the Star Wars saga. The film is directed by J.J. Abrams and cast of the film includes the three actors in the original trilogy: Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia but is now known as General Leia in the new film, Mark Hamill who is known as Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars universe, and Harrison Ford who plays Han Solo; and newcomers Daisy Ridley who plays an important role in the new movie as Rey, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver. J.J. Abrams co-wrote the film's story with Lawrence Kasdan, who also wrote the original Star Wars trilogy.
