I've only been following yuletide the last couple years and betaing/handholding (more handholding) but I tend to check out the prompts in fandoms I'd be interested in reading (yuletide is the only fic I really take much note of, even now) snd pick a couple to look for first so I can go straight to those fandoms, instead of trying to decide on fandoms from the giant list, until things slow down.