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Unsurprisingly, one challenge I'm feeling quite fond of right now is the snowflake_challenge itself, which has not only been fun so far but also introduced me to several awesome new people. If you would like to complete up to fifteen low-pressure posting challenges over the month of January and meet other people doing the same thing, it just might be the fannish event for you!

In terms of communities, I have a lot of love for the_good_place, where we've been having cozy little conversations about the current and final season of The Good Place every week it airs. I'm also newly excited about poi_fanworks ever since learning that they're going to be holding a monthly Person of Interest longfic book club this year. Conversation won't be starting for another couple of weeks, but I'm looking forward to it so much!

Finally, in terms of fests, Chocolate Box has been a lot of fun every time I've participated in it. (I'm counting this round, even though I haven't even signed up yet, just because I got so excited about nominations, okay.) It's a low pressure exchange with a minimum of just 300 words or a nice sketch that's 500 pixels on a side, and it turns out that's just about exactly my speed. Plus I love the part where on a day that can be pretty intensely about romance in places that celebrate Valentine's Day, Chocolate Box is basically a great big crowdsourced love letter to the community aspect of fandom and the way we come together to share the things we love. Anyway, right now they're in sign-ups -- the deadline is January 7th -- and I can't wait until I get my assignment on the 10th. ♥

You know the thing on the AO3 where when you click Next or Previous Chapter on a fic, it doesn't take you to the very top of that page, but instead scrolls down past the tags and other metadata for you? Specifically, the url says #workstyle at the end, and it looks like it takes you to the start of a div element going by that name.

Does anyone happen to know a way to make it not do that? I'm prepared to believe that I'm an outlier adn should not be counted, but I kind of like seeing all that stuff every time I click ahead in a story. It'd be cool if there were a way to opt out.

Not that I'm expecting that this is exactly standardized, but suppose you like a fic enough to leave a comment saying so.  Is leaving kudos as well simply standard operating procedure, or does it indicate an even greater level of enthusiasm than would be communicated by either kudos or comment alone?

I guess I could try to answer my own question by cross-referencing comment authors and kudos-givers, but I figured I'd do the lazy thing first.