ThemeMonday

ThemeMonday has a simple premise; a group of like-minded people change their avatars on or around the second Monday of every month, to a theme chosen by them after shortlisting and then a vote.

@blumenkraft set up a #ThemeMonday chat room for organizing - go take a look inside! The @ThemeMonday account also announces the event and helps coordinate.

Don't forget to tell your friends!

Approximate Process

(Starting a week prior.)

1. Weekend: Ask for suggestions,
2. Thursday evening: Create poll,
3. Saturday evening/Sunday morning: Announce result!

When

ThemeMonday occurs on the second Monday of every month, and is usually maintained for the following week. The poll usually happens the prior week.

Byelaws

• In the event of a tiebreaker being necessary @bazbt3 will roll a die. To be determined due to location-based constraints: whether a physical, electronic or totally imaginary die will be utilised.
• Effective theme recycling strategies are one key to success; participants tend to guide suggestions away from those already chosen for #ThemeMondays. However, dependence on e.g. world events, the seasons, nostalgia, etc.; all of these preclude the setting of formal rules.

Catalog of Avatars

@hutattedonmyarm created a small tool to see users' avatars for a given Theme Monday: https://wedro.online/roastmonday/roastmonday.php

To be included in the list, post with the #ThemeMonday tag, the actual tag of that Monday (e.g., #YourMugMonday), and the word "avatar".

 "This is my #themeMonday avatar for #YourMugMonday."

History

• Originally proposed by @alicia and ably implemented and run by @berklee, #ThemeMonday (an ADN Wiki page) was indisputably App.net's most popular regular event. @bazbt3 took over from @berklee and ran it for a while. App.net closed down on March 16 2017 so most links below will cease to work, but the memories of all participants will undoubtedly remain with them forever.
• In the event of a tiebreaker being necessary, @bazbt3 previously sent a PM to @mlv's Eliza_Bot, asking her to roll 1dn (where n was the number of tying choices.)

Past Themes on Pnut

• 2019 September 16*: #CurrentReadingMonday
• 2019 August 12: #MarvelMonday
• 2019 July 8: #MoonLandingMonday
• 2019 June 10: #CodingMonday
• 2019 April 8: #MakeRobotFriendMonday
• 2019 March 11: #SpaceshipMonday
• 2019 January 12: #NewYearsResolutionMonday
• 2018 December 10: #UpsideDownMonday
• 2018 November 12: #IDontLikeMondaysMonday
• 2018 October 8: #AutumnMonday
• 2018 September 10: #SciFiMonday
• 2018 August 06: #LandscapeMonday
• 2018 July 16: #CactusMonday
• 2018 June 11: #YourMugMonday
• 2018 May 14: #BigDataMonday & #CleeseMonday
• 2018 April 09: #DragonMonday
• 2018 March 12: #PythonMonday
• 2018 February 12: #OlympicsMonday
• oops - what were the intervening themes?
• 2017 October 9: #BookMonday
  • The poll: https://doodle.com/poll/5qmippkn66cu5i8r
  • Called officially by @bazbt3.
• 2017 May 8: ??
  • Suggestions:
    • #BirdCam1Monday - (@unixb0y, 'everyone chooses [a] favourite bird.') Search for the #BirdCam1 tag for inspiration.)
    • #FavouriteBirdMonday - (@Andrew, commenting on the above, not sure there'll be enough to go around.)
• 2017 April 10: #PnutMonday
  • The call to action: a pnut_io post.
  • Suggestions:
    • #BabyPicsMonday - (@formfireglass, to commemorate the first-ever App.net event.)
    • #SolidColoursMonday - (@i70dan, 'it will look awesome.')
    • #ProperStrongMonday (@schmidt_fu, 'to honour a phenomenon new to this social network. May include strong colors, persons, food and what else you can imagine.')
    • #StartingOverMonday (@blumenkraft, forward-thinking.)
    • #PnutMonday (@cano '(aka PeanutMonday)')
    • The poll: https://beta.doodle.com/poll/rb5tnuggpx5ph2ry#table including voting history.
  • Called officially by @bazbt3 on April 9th 2017.

The App.net era

Note, this is only a tiny selection of a the events.

• 2017 March 13: #ApocalypseMonday
  • It's the very last chance to do this on App.net, so don't forget to tell your friends! (This can run from the time you see this if you wish.)
  • The call to action,
  • Suggestions from App.net people just like you:
    • #SunsetMonday - @bazbt3
    • #ReflectionMonday - @maxdavid
    • #GameOverMonday - @blumenkraft
    • #OpenSeaMonday - @schmidt_fu
    • #ApocalypseMonday - @c/@cn
  • [The final vote](http://beta.doodle.com/poll/fwnyw4nb8kv92f4k) (created by @schmidt_fu.) Nothing irregular going on there, no, nope. :)
  • Called officially by @schmidt_fu 2017-03-12
• 2016 February 8:
  • The call to action
  • Suggestions from App.net people just like you:
    • #UpsidedownMonday - @mrshaiku
    • #TriageMonday - @bazbt3
    • #ApathyMonday - @cn
    • #DuckMonday - @cn
    • #LoveMonday - @cano
    • #GarfieldMonday - @grumpy
    • #LeapMonday - @mcdemarco
    • #RoboMonday - @hybotics
  • The vote is up, posted at polls.abrah.am.
  • Called at 10:30am UK time
• 2016 January 11: #RandomMonday
  • The call to action,
  • Suggestions from App.net people just like you:
    • #RandomMonday - @cn
    • #OfficeMonday - @blumenkraft
    • #HappierMondays - @mcdemarco
    • #ComicsMonday - @cano
    • #StarWarsMonday - @ronnie
  • The vote is up, posted at polls.abrah.am.
  • Called at 9:30am UK time

Links

• Tag on Pnut
• Organizing chat room
• @bazbt3, @blumenkraft, @ThemeMonday: organizers