--- title: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Shares Her Social Media Lessons description: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wasn't shy about sharing her social media opinions with Stephen Colbert. canonical: https://time.com/5509391/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-stephen-colbert-social-media/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-22T15:47:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:02.478Z og:title: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Social Media With Stephen Colbert og:description: "Don't post a meme if you don't know what a meme is" og:url: https://time.com/5509391/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-stephen-colbert-social-media/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7cafcdec6b1465d/698943ba22fb85430fe27a0e/screen-shot-2019-01-22-at-10.36.05-am.png?branch=production&width=1147&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1147 og:image:height: 645 og:image:alt: Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-Stephen-Colbert-Social-Media og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Social Media With Stephen Colbert twitter:description: "Don't post a meme if you don't know what a meme is" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7cafcdec6b1465d/698943ba22fb85430fe27a0e/screen-shot-2019-01-22-at-10.36.05-am.png?branch=production&width=1147&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Don't Post a Meme if You Don't Know What a Meme Is.' 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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez](http://time.com/5508629/aaron-sorkin-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/) recently made headlines for a learning session on social media. After dipping into some pints of AmeriCone Dream ice cream — a Ben & Jerry’s flavor inspired by [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/5500336/kamala-harris-presidential-run-stephen-colbert/) — during a Monday appearance on _The Late Show_, Ocasio-Cortez schooled Colbert on the best ways to use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as effective platforms. “I gave them more of my general theory and approach to social media,” Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest Congresswoman in history, told the late-night host of teaching her fellow Democratic House members how to act online. “So I said, rule No.1 is to be authentic, to be yourself and don’t try to be anyone that you’re not. So don’t try to talk like a young kid if you’re not a young kid, don’t post a meme if you don’t know what a meme is. That was literally my advice. 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