Thread:Mewtexx/@comment-28784896-20160807234657/@comment-26679477-20160808162019

I understand that Burnett doesn't agree with Amphitrite's decisions, however, no developer agrees with their content being leaked, so if it wasn't prohibited then, then there exists no reason to prohibit it now.

If people don't want to get spoiled, they shouldn't be on the wiki in the first place, and in the event that they are, the users can just use Stext. Why have that feature if it pertains to things that we already know, doesn't that mean it's not a spoiler?

Leaking is just as valid of an option as Not Leaking is. You can't strip away people's rights on the internet; yeah sure, you can ban them, but when one goes down, two more rise up (especially with programmers). Conclusively, I'd like to say that you, collectively, as a wiki, are in no way related to the Steven Universe staff, and therefor are not bound to any rules pertaining to it, and as such, you are not obligated to prevent leaks from emerging or being formed.

Steven Universe has always been about freely expressing yourself, so why limit that for those who desire to express themselves through leaking? Why target a particular demographic simply because you don't agree with them? I'd also like to add that Leaks don't detract from an episode, they only give an analysis on them and determine whether or not we should watch it. If an episode is truly good, it won't matter if it gets leaked, however, if the episode is bad, or is filler (like Beach City Drift, Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service, Restraunt Wars, etc), then leaks are only saving our time from an otherwise shameless cash-grab.

For an actual example of what I just described, take "We need to talk", which was leaked about a day before it's actual release; that episode still went on to garner 1.732 million views, because the episode was good. People watched it in spite of the leaks, and even some of the people who did see the leaks rewatched it on air. Now compare that to Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service (unleaked filler episode), which only has 1.310 million views (as of current), in addition, "Keystone Motel" (another episode that was leaked inside and out by Amphitrite), attracted 1.734 million views; exceeding even "We Need to Talk" (albeit by negligible amounts), vs Steven Floats (1.551 million), Same Old World (1.399 million), Drop Beat Dad (1.551 million), Mr. Greg (1.549 million), Too Short to Ride (1.410 million), Reformed (1.389 million), and Full Disclosure (1.519 million). A rather interesting thing to note about all of these episodes is that not all of them are filler; Too Short to Ride, Same Old World, and Reformed, in particular, were noteworthy episodes, however, they all share one thing in common; they weren't leaked (at least not in their entirerty).

From this information we can conclude that leaks do not push people away, but rather draw them in. The people who expresss disagreement with leaks are most definitiely vocal, but are in the minority.

Matt Burnett may disagree, but Matt Burnett is wrong. These leaks are helping their show, and you, collectively, as a wiki have to make the decision to allow leaks in spite of him, because, you, both individually and collectively, need to understand that in spite of your opinions on leaking and Burnett, that, their best chance to stay in business (based on evidence), is by allowing leaked content to exist.

- Mewtexx