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!
Contents
Approximate Process
(Starting a week prior.)
- Weekend: Ask for suggestions,
- Thursday evening: Create poll,
- 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
(wheren
was the number of tying choices.)
Past Themes on Pnut
- 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.)
- Suggestions:
- 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