Fictional Fans

I always did wonder why the prompt-claiming function on AO3 seemed to go totally unused, so this is very informative!

The only place I see prompt-claiming fests anymore is in Harry Potter fandom. I think HP culture is quirky due to having such a long history on journal-based platforms, so some things are still done "the old way" just out of inertia (not to mention some fests have been running annually for so long that they significantly predate AO3). Nowadays some prompt-claiming HP fests that run on Tumblr use Airtable or Google Forms or something instead of a journal post for the claims.