Edits of Join us in 2025

content/en/blog/2024/year-in-review.md

@@ -168,46 +168,50 @@ Did you know that:
 
 ## Amazing Community <i class="fa-regular fa-heart"></i> {#amazing-community}
 
-With [1.3K PRs merged in 2024][PRs], the community contributed an equally
-impressive number of reviews to ensure that content is accurate, valuable,
-aligned with our documentation goals, and easy to read and understand.
+With [1.3K PRs], the community contributed an equally impressive number of
+reviews to ensure that content is accurate, valuable, aligned with our
+documentation goals, and easy to read and understand.
 
-In addition to PRs, contributors created [nearly 500 issues][issues] and engaged
-in many [discussions], reporting bugs, suggesting improvements, and driving
+In addition to PRs, contributors created nearly [500 issues] and engaged in many
+[discussions], reporting bugs, suggesting improvements, and driving
 collaboration. Each of these efforts reflects the thoughtfulness and dedication
 of our community to maintaining the quality of OpenTelemetry’s documentation and
 website.
 
 We are fortunate to have many contributors who take on these responsibilities,
 including:
 
-- **Approvers and maintainers** from other SIGs that co-own parts of the website
-- **Localization teams** who oversee translations for various languages
-- **OpenTelemetry community**, whose contributions make all the
-  difference! Every drive-by edit and typo fixed counts
-- **SIG Communications team members** dedicated to improving documentation
+- **Approvers and maintainers** from other SIGs who co-own parts of the docs
+- **Localization teams** who oversee translations into various languages
+- **The OpenTelemetry community**, whose contributions make all the difference
+  &mdash; every drive-by edit and typo fix counts!
+- **SIG Communications team members**, for their contributions and for
+  orchestrating it all
 
 Thank you to everyone who contributed their time and expertise to OpenTelemetry
 docs this year!
 
-[discussions]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/discussions
-[issues]:
+[500 issues]:
   https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/issues?q=is%3Aissue+created%3A2024-01-01..2024-12-31
-[PRs]:
+[1.3K PRs]:
   https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+merged%3A2024-01-01..2024-12-31
 
 ## Join us in 2025
 
-A big shout out to all of you for making 2024 a successful year, and we look
-forward to working together in 2025!
+A big shout out to all for making 2024 a successful year, and we look forward to
+continued collaboration in 2025!
 
 If you're an end user, a contributor, or just enthusiastic about OpenTelemetry,
-we welcome your contributions to the website. You can contribute by raising
-issues, joining discussions, or making PRs. Join our
-[channel](https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/C02UN96HZH6) at the
-[CNCF Slack](https://slack.cncf.io/) and come to our [Comms meetings], every
-other Monday at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time. With your help, we can make 2025
+we welcome your contributions. You can participate by raising [issues], joining
+[discussions], and [submitting PRs].
+
+You can also join one of the many `#otel` channels of the
+[CNCF Slack](https://slack.cncf.io/) and participate in our [Comms meetings], every
+other Monday at 10:00 AM Pacific time. With your help, we can make 2025
 another successful year for [opentelemetry.io](https://opentelemetry.io/)!
 
+[discussions]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/discussions
+[issues]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/issues
+[submitting PRs]: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/contributing/pull-requests/
 [Comms meetings]:
   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wW0jLldwXN8Nptq2xmgETGbGn9eWP8fitvD5njM-xZY