How to avoid spoilers for the Game of Thrones: The Bells episode because OMG, they're everywhere – CNET

Major spoilers are all over social media of the fight between Daenerys and Cersei on the Game of Thrones: The Bells episode that just concluded last night. Unfortunately, that’s frustrating for anyone who hasn’t been able to see the episode yet and wants to watch in their own time. There are some easy steps you can take to keep nasty spoilers from ruining your viewing, and we don’t mean avoiding every news site or uninstalling your Twitter and Facebook apps. 

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Mute keywords and accounts on Twitter

1. In the app, tap your notifications (the bell icon). If using a desktop, click on Settings and privacy.

2. Tap Settings. iPhone ($1,000 at Amazon) users can select Muted > Muted words. Android and desktop users can select Muted words.

3. Tap Add (iPhone, desktop) or the + icon (Android). If you follow multiple GoT or Avengers accounts, you’ll want to mute those. Mute words like Game of Thrones, GoT, Avengers and popular hashtags.

4. Select to mute these words from your timeline, notifications and from anyone.

5. Choose how long you want to mute the words and accounts. You can choose from 24 hours up to Forever. Then tap Save.

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Temporarily snooze friends and groups on Facebook

1. Locate the group or person you want to snooze in your feed. (You know the one.) From desktop or phone, click or tap on the three dots at the top of the post.

2. Select Snooze (name/group) for 30 days. If you don’t want to snooze them for the full 30 days, you can always go to their page and undo the snooze.

Download a spoiler prevention app

For desktop, download the Chrome plugin Spoiler Protection 2.0. This extension hides spoilers on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google and news sites. Just type in keywords, like GoT or Avengers, and let the extension do its job.

For phones, use apps like Spoiler Block (iPhone, Android) and Spoilers Blocker (Android). Add keywords that you want to block and the apps will keep them out of your news feed.

Originally published May 5 and frequently updated.