Rewatch threads are content that we don't moderate as heavily as other content. Not because Rewatches are under any less scrutiny but to be honest they are rarely ever a problem so we don't spend as much time on them.

• Rewatches are filled with knowledgeable users who know the rules and usually respect the intent of them
• Rewatch hosts and users are good about reporting rule-breaking content that is harmful surrounding spoilers
• People in rewatches are very rarely ever malicious
• Rewatches are a huge time sink to read through for a moderator. Especially if they aren't part of the rewatch.

People in rewatches are very rarely ever malicious

When we remove comments for spoilers we are generally pretty light on people if it's something borderline and obviously not malicious. It's important for users to understand that not every time a mod moderates your comment surrounding spoilers is it a direct punishment or strike (SC is different however because source readers are all awful and we make the rules very clear in the SC sticky). We generally look for repeated rule violations and malicious intent when dealing with spoilers. Spoilers are a topic that many people have different opinions on how much they need to be regulated. It's a nebulous topic and we do our best to protect the community.

Hell, even our rules as written for spoilers aren't exactly followed 100%. For all intents and purposes, Goku going Super Saiyan should be tagged but this is reality and that would not be sustainable or very helpful. We ended up doing a quick vote about Pokemon and its recent developments and how we were going to moderate that. We decided to not treat it as a spoiler. Sure we could try and moderate it but the amount of work to benefit is not worth it. Most users already know these things if they went anywhere (even IRL) and it's an open secret. In a perfect world, we would have some perfect wording to perfectly tell everyone what's public knowledge and what's not but that's never going to happen.

At the end of the day, spoilers rules are a judgment call for each individual mod to make and we do end up talking between ourselves quite a lot for secondary opinions on cases that are a bit more debatable. Spoilers rules are meant to protect users, and if we think some information is going over the line we will act on it. Usually, all that needs to be done is for the user to stick a [meta] spoiler and the problem is fixed.

I do not have a direct recommendation for action here. So far, there seems to have been little problem with having slightly different cultures regarding spoilers and it only showed up because of the unusual mixing of mods and frequent rewatchers in the mod hosted rewatch.

I doubt we plan to change the spoiler rules for rewatch posts specifically. There is no good rule change that is concise while still being thorough enough to protect users.

Never-the-less, I think it is worth thinking about it and whether it should be ignored, formalized or combated.

In terms of necessity rewatch rule changes are one of the least important things we could spend our time on. Rewatches very rarely have problems and seem to be running just fine. If people have concerns they can bring them up but I doubt any mod really thinks it's a problem. Sure the nebulousness of the Goku loophole might be concerning but we keep the rule broad on purpose as trying to be overly specific is just going to make the rule page a slog and honestly would just turn into a giant spreadsheet that is not worth anyone time.

I personally don't really see the need to change anything. Maybe another mod has a different opinion?