Hiding fandom in the underwear drawer since 1977

Egads. As of about noon ET, having been live barely 36 hours, we were at over 1100 comments. In the States, tonight is Super Bowl Sunday, and we will probably see a lot of activity from those who don't care about the game. If experience is any guide, it will slow down a lot tomorrow once folks go back to work.

Thank you! You all are great! I've been working most of the weekend and so haven't been able to do more than keep half an eye on things and do a couple of fills. I've noticed that comment response fills are frequently adding spoilers to their Good Place posts and I've seen a couple of content warnings. That's really nice of you and thank you! As mentioned on the tin, this is too big and moves to fast for this to be more than the responsibility of responders and readers but it is good of responders to add these in their subject lines when they remember to do so.

A warning now that once this approaches 5,000 comments (and we're going until the end of the month and it's only 2 February) I'm going to have to open a new post. This is because at 5000 comments, Dreamwidth automatically adds captcha tests. As far as I know, I can't turn that off. If I'm wrong, do let me know what I should do. So, at around 5,000, we typically open a second post, and a third, and so on... I don't think I've ever gone beyond 2 but who knows? Activity does fall off at each new post.

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Here, have a wordcloud at 36 hours:

Wow. This has been amazing. There are over 4,100 comments to the 3 Sentence Ficathon entry. The quality, the discussion, the prompts, the fills, the participation, and you all, have been amazing.

We have a friending meme here and a cross posting post here, so drop a line if you are so inclined with your vitals and where you are cross posting your work!


Even with all that activity, over 40 pages in the original thread, I'm still seeing new participants and fills to old prompts. I know, though, that it's becoming daunting and difficult to manage. I know I've missed some great prompts and fills.  So, what next?

I'd originally intended to run this for about as long as the fabulous CaramelSilver did in 2011 and end the challenge on April 7, 2013. I know a lot of folks will be on spring break over the next two weeks, so that would give time for more participation. Do we continue to that date or stop while we're ahead?  If we do continue, to April 7, should I start a new thread, realizing that we'll lose some of the excitement and momentum but also may encourage others who are finding 4100 comments and 40+ pages too overwhelming?  Please vote below and share your thoughts on how to proceed and anything else about the 3SF.  If not April 7 for an end date, when?

Also, if anyone wants to make icons or banners do link us in comments!

 Most of all, thanks so much.  You all are great.