Profile of the founders of Occupy Democrats, who run a Facebook page employing meme tactics for the left, regularly outperforming pages for Trump and Fox News
Occupy Democrats, a Facebook page that Rafael and Omar Rivero started eight years ago, has emerged as a counterweight to right-wing meme machines. Tweets: @ewerickson , @oliverdarcy , @kevinroose , and @harrisonthegood See also Mediagazer Tweets: Erick Erickson / @ewerickson : Pretty fawning profile of a meme generating page on Facebook by the New York Times. Naturally, it is a leftwing group getting the favorable coverage. If it were rightwing, the NY Times would demand Facebook shut it down. https://www.nytimes.com/... Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy : “Over the past month, nearly half of the 40 top-performing videos on Facebook that mention ‘Trump’ were from Occupy Democrats.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Kevin Roose / @kevinroose : Occupy Democrats is regularly the only left-of-Shapiro presence in the top echelon of Facebook engagement, and it's fascinating that their tactics have not been imitated more widely by Dem campaigns. Great story by @NYTnickc. https://www.nytimes.com/... @harrisonthegood : > Kick conservatives off your platform > Censor Pro-Trump content > Force leftist content down people's throat > Use algorithm to rig popularity > Act like it is legitimate, Celebrate “victory” This is your fiat reality at work. https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer