--- description: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wasn't shy about sharing her social media opinions with Stephen Colbert. title: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Social Media With Stephen Colbert image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7cafcdec6b1465d/698943ba22fb85430fe27a0e/screen-shot-2019-01-22-at-10.36.05-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'Don't Post a Meme if You Don't Know What a Meme Is.' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Schools Stephen Colbert on Her Social Media Strategy  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jan 22, 2019 3:47 PM CUT  CBS/The Late Show With Stephen Colbert  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jan 22, 2019 3:47 PM CUT [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez](http://time.com/5508629/aaron-sorkin-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/ "undefined") 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/ "undefined") — 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. And I said don’t talk like the Founding fathers on Twitter.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5509391/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-stephen-colbert-social-media/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5509391/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-stephen-colbert-social-media/"},"headline":"'Don't Post a Meme if You Don't Know What a Meme Is.' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Schools Stephen Colbert on Her Social Media Strategy","datePublished":"2019-01-22T15:47:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:02.478Z","description":"\"Don't talk like the Founding fathers on Twitter\"","url":"https://time.com/5509391/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-stephen-colbert-social-media/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","stephen colbert","TV","the late show","Late Night Television","the late show with stephen colbert"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7cafcdec6b1465d/698943ba22fb85430fe27a0e/screen-shot-2019-01-22-at-10.36.05-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7cafcdec6b1465d/698943ba22fb85430fe27a0e/screen-shot-2019-01-22-at-10.36.05-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-Stephen-Colbert-Social-Media","caption":"","creditText":"CBS/The Late Show With Stephen Colbert","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5509391/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-stephen-colbert-social-media/","name":"'Don't Post a Meme if You Don't Know What a Meme Is.' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Schools Stephen Colbert on Her Social Media Strategy"}}]}] ```