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Tag Rusty Trosclair on Facebook Day
Tag Rusty Trosclair on Facebook Day (#TRTOFD) is an annual festival commemorating the anniversary of the discovery of Facebook tags interrupting Rusty Trosclair's online streaming music.

History
On December 28, 2012, Paul Melian, Rusty Trosclair's brother-in-law, discovered his texts interrupt Rusty's streaming online music. Paul immediately contacted fellow TRTOFD founder, John Mooney, and alerted him. The pair began texting Rusty repeatedly, who, becoming wise to the tactic, turned off his text alerts. Paul and John discovered tagging Rusty on Facebook also yielded the same results, and switched to that medium. As Rusty puts it, "Paul ... attempted to weaponize social media because he is a supervillain."

Choice of December 30 date
In 2013, the holiday officially moved to December 30 to prevent Rusty from ignoring the tags and streaming music interruptions on the weekend.

Customs and Traditions
TRTOFD is celebrated as a major festival in the United States, mostly in the states of Florida and Louisiana. TRTOFD is not a formal public holiday, but celebrations continue around the world, reflecting differing cultural and national traditions.

For Taggers, those who participate in TRTOFD, participating in the annual tagging session plays an important part in the recognition of the season. TRTOFD is the period of highest annual Facebook tagging occurrences.

Festivities
TRTOFD is traditionally celebrated beginning at the stroke of midnight on the morning of December 30, by uploaded a photograph, either relevant or not, to Facebook. The Tagger then tags Rusty Trosclair in said photograph and caption, encouraging others to do the same in the photo's comments. The tagging and posting continues throughout the day, culminating in Rusty's utter frustration and dismay as he is incapable of listening to streaming music or accomplishing anything online.

Other activities include posting directly to Rusty Trosclair's Facebook page, tagging Rusty in articles appearing on Facebook, and using the hashtag #TRTOFD to encourage others to support the holiday. More recently, those unacquainted with Rusty have been known to jump on the TRTOFD bandwagon, participating in festivities and creating their own Rusty Trosclair memes.

Traditional cuisine
The traditional cuisine of TRTOFD is a heavy helping of schadenfreude, washed down with a tall, cool Budweiser.

Clarification
Some taggers use the hashtag TRTOFBD. However, founder Paul Melian indicates this is incorrect, according to the AP Style Guide and because "Facebook is one word." Conflict erupted in 2019 regarding founder Melian's grammatical skills, with one participant declaring "Paul Melian hates the B in #TRTOFD as much as he hates Oxford Commas."

Reception
At first, Rusty Trosclair was frustrated but bemused regarding the constant tagging and interruptions. After the first year, TRTOFD escalated into a competition to see how many tags could be achieved in a 24-hour period. Now in its eighth year, Rusty Trosclair simply sighs in resigned acceptance, shakes his head, and continues with his day. But for Taggers, TRTOFD is an honored tradition which they hope to pass down to future generations.

By the numbers
While the initial intent was to simply annoy and mildly inconvenience Rusty, later celebrations have focused on beating the previous year's record. Each year, the goal is to see how many notifications Rusty accumulates.


 * 2013: 200 (54 total posts)
 * 2014: 2,170 (along with three Instagram notifications and 423 unchecked emails)
 * 2015: 3,786 (along with seven friend requests)
 * 2016: Inconclusive. According to Rusty - "Y'all broke the app keeping track well before lunch."
 * 2017: Inconclusive. "2017 made my phone give up on counting notifications."
 * 2018: Inconclusive.
 * 2019: Inconclusive.
 * 2020: Inconclusive.
 * 2021: Inconclusive.
 * 2022: Inconclusive.

Continuing Trends
TRTOFD continues to evolve. There were rumors that the fifth annual TRTOFD will result in "something no one has ever seen before, including Rusty," according to TRTOFD co-founder Paul Melian.