The editors at BuzzFeed faced a bit of an existential crisis recently when word got out that a pro-life post by Live Action managed to find its way to the site’s community-contributed section. Yesterday, Ace of Spades HQ co-blogger John Ekdahl became a BuzzFeed community contributor with his post, “14 Principled Anti-War Celebrities We Fear May Have Been Kidnapped.” Maybe there’s hope for BuzzFeed after all.
Ace recently sent out an APB for Obama superfan Bruce Springsteen, who certainly must be putting together a blue collar, pro-war anthem to rally the troops for a strike on Syria. Ekdahl compiled a list of other celebrities who’ve been curiously silent, and the post has resonated with a wide spectrum of people, even earning a link from the folks at Occupy Wall Street.
MISSING: 14 Anti-War Celebrities. Have you seen them? http://t.co/F3mnbkzI48 @SherylCrow @springsteen @SongsofJBrowne Plz RT!
— #GeneralStrike2020 will #OccupyWallStreet (@OccupyWallStNYC) September 7, 2013
Really was not expecting OWS to tweet my article. https://t.co/Mooqen2mDW
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) September 7, 2013
@JohnEkdahl LOL. Awesome.
— That Goddamned Finklestein Shit Kid (@Supreme____Beef) September 7, 2013
@JohnEkdahl Worlds are colliding! Love it
— A.J. Delgado (@AJDelgado13) September 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/CheechDVM/status/376473632660148224
https://twitter.com/MetricButtload/status/376475299635920896
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/376475543161417728
Before BuzzFeed decides where to draw the line on community posts, they might want to have a look at the stats for Ekdahl’s post.
It’s been a bit longer than 24 hours, but here are the stats. http://t.co/3UV3aslq8D pic.twitter.com/OvRbcp0mYZ
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) September 7, 2013