User blog:Idekmandy/End of Year Reflection: Mandy's Favorite Things of 2022

Hello friends! My name is Mandy and I’m the Senior Community Manager for Entertainment on Fandom’s Community Experience Team. I lead a team of fantastic Wiki Reps who you may know and love - Chris, Kylara, Lostris, and Miller (who just joined this year!) - to help provide top Movies, TV, Books, Music, and Lifestyle communities with the best possible experiences and support on our platform.

Reflecting back on 2022, it has overall been a really exciting year here at Fandom. I got to work on so many incredible things that I’m proud of, like our first full calendar year of DEI programming, which has been so well-received thanks to all of you. There were plenty of great campaigns throughout the year, but the Women’s History Month video in particular was a personal highlight for me. Seeing the women of Fandom unite their voices to #BreakTheBias was truly so powerful, and I feel really grateful for getting the opportunity to lead that project. I also had the pleasure of working with an amazing group of admins to launch the LGBTQIA+ Wiki as a safe and educational space for queer folks to discover themselves and find belonging.

Additionally, I got to attend my first ever IRL Connect event. Getting the chance to meet all of you and share some of my story on stage was such a surreal experience that I will treasure forever. As the Community partner for many Product initiatives, I’m happy that we were able to deliver on our announcements at Connect and release some highly-requested features like Interactive Maps, mobile theming (with increased accessibility!), and mobile editing improvements, with more exciting things like Discussions moderation tools and mobile CSS on the horizon.

Oh and I drew a really cool Map for our Halloween project this year, which was so much fun! Where my fellow Myers fans at??

My top entertainment of 2022
There were SO MANY amazing releases in 2022, so of course I can't include all of my favorites, but here is my feeble attempt at trying to narrow that list down. Much of my recommendations are (shocker) horror themed, but there’s still some options in here for those who don’t religiously consume scary things as much as I do.

Games
I love playing games, but I don't consider myself a massive gamer, due to my extremely picky taste, so you won't find the expected AAA titles like Elden Ring on this list.

TV series
The amount of shows I watch is seriously unhealthy, but here are just a handful I'd love to share with you all:

Releases I'm looking forward to in 2023
Honorable mentions (it's hard to even consider them that) include: The Mandalorian Season 3, Evil Dead Rise, You Season 4, Barbie, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie, mostly out of sheer curiosity.

What I look forward to doing for the community in 2023
I’ve always said that my ultimate goal as a CM is to give back and bring joy to a global community that truly gave me a place of belonging and happiness. I am so immensely passionate about the people, communities, and content on our platform, and I look forward to continuing my journey of supporting you all in 2023!

I have a lot of big plans coming up, and I want to at least leave a liitttle bit of mystery around what those are, but I’m really excited to start up some new entertainment programming (especially giving some shine to under-served topics that aren’t traditionally viewed as being part of “nerd culture” - like music, horror, books, and reality TV). And with that comes more opportunities to highlight the amazing people who make Fandom as great as it is - ALL OF YOU! Our DEI initiatives will also be in full force next year, so get ready! I’m looking forward to sharing those with you all and seeing how you get your own communities involved.

I want to say thank you to everyone who has participated, listened, and learned from all of our various initiatives this year. Your hard work and dedication to this platform really does inspire us all. Everything that we do is for you and because of you, and I can’t wait to continue growing together and uplifting each other as a community next year.

I hope you all live your best lives over the holidays, and cheers to the wonderful things the new year will bring!