![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Despite spending too much time on the internet, I don't always know what I am encountering when it is happening because I'm not fully immersed in an online community anymore. And also I don't have teenagers in my life - that would help.
But today I learned about operation watermelon, which is a pro-Palestinian, pro-Gaza online movement. The name is clearly related to the colors of the Palestinian flag matching those of a cartoon drawing of a watermelon. But the purpose is awareness-raising. I am not sure how widespread this movement is, but it is now being credited in some places with having diven at least one prominent social media content creator offline.
From what I gather, it emerged on TikTok in response to understanding that comments and specific terms used in comments can trigger the Algorithm and boost visibility. As a result, you will see people posting support for Gaza in the comments of wholly unrelated videos and posts on different social media sites. I have been seeing this for some time on all sorts of things (running, Bridgerton, dance memes like that German one about Barbara her rhubarb and the barbarians). It appears some are highly coordinated to target particular influences to pressure the to make posts in support of Gaza to spread awareness.
So it is interesting to hear that this is a coordinated movement with a name.
But today I learned about operation watermelon, which is a pro-Palestinian, pro-Gaza online movement. The name is clearly related to the colors of the Palestinian flag matching those of a cartoon drawing of a watermelon. But the purpose is awareness-raising. I am not sure how widespread this movement is, but it is now being credited in some places with having diven at least one prominent social media content creator offline.
From what I gather, it emerged on TikTok in response to understanding that comments and specific terms used in comments can trigger the Algorithm and boost visibility. As a result, you will see people posting support for Gaza in the comments of wholly unrelated videos and posts on different social media sites. I have been seeing this for some time on all sorts of things (running, Bridgerton, dance memes like that German one about Barbara her rhubarb and the barbarians). It appears some are highly coordinated to target particular influences to pressure the to make posts in support of Gaza to spread awareness.
So it is interesting to hear that this is a coordinated movement with a name.