Seeking the Presidency, Bernie Sanders Becomes Facebook Royalty Through Quirky Sharing

[yuiyoshida]

WASHINGTON — The quotations he posts, rarely pithy, are often sayings he thinks up in the shower. The photographs he puts up sometimes show him frowning, while others show him gazing oddly into the horizon. And he does not seem to care about the importance of videos.

But somehow, Bernie Sanders, the 73-year-old senator from Vermont, has emerged as a king of social media early in the 2016 presidential campaign, amid a field of tech-savvy contenders.

His Facebook posts attract tens of thousands of likes and shares, and threads about him often break through to the home page of Reddit, where the cluster of topics rarely focuses on presidential election politics.

“I’m a grumpy old guy,” Mr. Sanders joked when explaining his approach to posting online. “I know that people talk about their cats and ‘I’m walking to the grocery store and getting a can of chicken soup’ and ‘this is so exciting.’ By and large, we have not done that.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/19/us/politics/bernie-sanders-wants-to-be-president-but-hes-already-facebook-royalty.html?smid=nytpolitics&_r=0

[sabrina 1]

1. 'King of Social Media'! That he is. He's very savvy with the use of Social Media and has been

for a long time.

Now it's paying off for him.

Even if the media ends up ignoring him, which they probably will, it won't matter. Young people especially don't get their news from the MSM anyhow.

Thanks for all you do to help people get to know him!

[yuiyoshida]

2. Glad to do it...

He is for sure my Candidate..though I hesitate to push too much for him on twitter. I really hate the negative messages, though I can block them. So far there are none, but by doing so I paint a target on my back for all the Rightwingers.. especially the Racist ones. It troubles me that, that kind of crap is on Twitter. It was one of the reasons why I left Facebook, because of the constant attacks. I guess it comes with the territory... when you put yourself "out there" like that.

[sabrina 1]

3. I have mostly used twitter as a news source, more as a follower, retweeting interesting

information. Since I began retweeting Bernie info, I haven't yet encountered any negative responses. It probably will happen, but I'll just block them I guess.

So far it's been positive though. Hope it stays that way!

[Scootaloo]

4. Well, a few more cats wouldn't hurt...

Just saying.