Deadline: you guessed it, right NOW –
The Mueller Report contains the most in-depth summary the U.S. government has produced about how the Russians used social media to interfere in our 2016 election on behalf of Unindicted Co-conspirator Individual-1. While legislators futz around with how to rein in the fearsome power of Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms, the distortion campaigns continue. And withdrawing from social media in protest is tempting for many, but dangerous: according to reports, 45’s re-election campaign has spent nearly double what the entire 2020 Democratic field COMBINED has spent on Facebook and Google ads! How do we fight such massive out-spending? We must all join together to spread the truth and to amplify the resistance’s messages! We need your help – we’ve got something for everyone, no matter how much (or little) time you have or what platforms you prefer.
What you can do:
Step one: if you don’t already, follow Indivisible East Bay online:
Step two: read below to see where you fit into the IEB social media team (we’ll provide support, training, etc.), and then fill out our brief volunteer form. Select the “social media” team option, along with any others you’re interested in. And tell us in the “skills” and “comments” boxes what social media platforms you use, what your superpower is, etc. Even if you’ve filled it out before, we’d love to update your social media and other info. And if you have questions, want to let us know more, or prefer to talk directly, email us: info@indivisibleeb.org
How much time do you have?
- Crushed with work & life but still want to help out? Do these things if you have as little as a couple of minutes a day:
- Check out our posts / tweets; click “like” and then share or retweet them to your followers and friend
- Share us in other progressive groups you’re in
- Email links to our social media posts to anyone you know who’d be interested
- Taking a break at work or commuting (don’t do this while driving!)? Spend five to fifteen minutes:
- Join the #comms-social-media channel on IEB’s Slack. For an invitation to join Slack, email: info@IndivisibleEB.org;
- Add your personal voice by commenting on, or replying to, our posts or tweets;
- Grab the link to an article on our website and post it online;
- Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter; copy and post info about an action or event. Check out prior newsletters in our archive (it loads sloooowly at the bottom of the page, take a sip of tea), there’s lots of info that’s still timely – share it!
- Have half an hour now and then, or an hour or so spread out over a week, and a creative bent or other expertise?
- You can help us come up with original content by:
- Writing and/or editing
- Photography
- Videography
- Other graphic design or arts
- Are you an expert on any of the platforms we’re on – or on others that we could branch out to? Help guide and advise the rest of the team, answer questions and give “how to” tips!
- Do you enjoy doing research? Let us know what hashtags are trending, or suggest accounts that we should be following or posting to, and more!
- You can help us come up with original content by:
- Have more time, energy, ideas? Mix and match any or all of the above! And if you’d like to help the social media organizing team, let us know that also.
