There's a number of pages that I call "The Axis of Ego". They are pages run by Samuel Warde, Lou Colagiovanni and Matthew Desmond - or their friends who are trying corner the market on liberal and progressive media on Facebook. There are other page admins who work closely with them and that collective group will often try to absorb smaller pages that produce good content or turn them into satellite pages for their network.
Why? They run websites that pose as "news" pages which are laden with advertising and they want to get as much traffic as they can, which translates into money. While there's nothing wrong with wanting to make money, the method by which they do it is shady, in my opinion. These methods include mass reporting pages that will not work with them, cyber-stalking individuals, etc.
As an example, here is a Facebook page dedicated solely to making fun of me, my old Facebook page, and my friend John Henry. This post is from one of the websites mentioned below, americannewsx.com which is owned by a Thomas Clay Jr from Kentucky and currently employs a former admin of the Whiskey page, Steve Ahearn of Arizona.
These individuals are/were friends with the owner of Addicting Info, and regularly harass people with multiple fake profiles and pages to circumvent Facebook's ban or block protocols. Ahearn and his acquaintances especially like to bully people who ask for financial assistance, even though he has been a professional internet beggar as long as I have known him.
The following are pages that we know of that are owned or are in the clutches of individuals like these. This is not an all-inclusive list but it is a good reminder of what pages and practices to avoid as well as a list of pages that aren't about putting profit first and the cause second - all while engaging in cyber harassment and bullying.
Websites to avoid:
www.freakoutnation.com
www.groopspeak.com
www.liberalamerica.org
www.beingliberal.org
www.americannewsx.com
www.addictinginfo.org
www.samuel-warde.com
www.redstatedems.com
www.glittersnipe.com
www.usuncut.com
www.theeverlastinggopstoppers.com
www.thebigslice.org
www.stoptellingliesblog.com
www.occupydemocrats.com
www.girldujour.com
www.winningdemocrats.com
Facebook pages that we DO NOT share from:
https://www.facebook.com/WinningDemocrats
https://www.facebook.com/OccupyDemocrats
https://www.facebook.com/LiberalsROCK
https://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow
https://www.facebook.com/beingliberal.org
https://www.facebook.com/VeracityStew
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Peoples-Boycott
https://www.facebook.com/TheGopsWarOnReality
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Americans-Against-Bobby-Franklin-By-AddictingInfoORG
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Americans-Against-Martin-Harty-By-AddictingInfoOrg
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michele-Bachmann-Needs-To-Read-A-History-Book-By-AddictingInfoorg
https://www.facebook.com/AmericansAgainstMittRomney
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Proud-to-be-a-Filthy-Liberal-Scum
https://www.facebook.com/LiberalAndProudOfIt
https://www.facebook.com/PoliticsJandD
https://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Acknowledge-Class-Warfare-Exists
https://www.facebook.com/satire.with.samuel
https://www.facebook.com/PragProgPage
https://www.facebook.com/Glittersnipe
https://www.facebook.com/TheEverlastingGopStoppers
https://www.facebook.com/Liberals.Unite.today
https://www.facebook.com/WSBYSO
https://www.facebook.com/Blue.Proud.LiberalCorps
https://www.facebook.com/AynRandSS
https://www.facebook.com/LiberalsOnParade
https://www.facebook.com/republicansareidiots
https://www.facebook.com/RedStateDems
https://www.facebook.com/Republicansareidiots1
https://www.facebook.com/WSBYSO
https://www.facebook.com/anxfreedom
https://www.facebook.com/LiberalTruth78
https://www.facebook.com/GirlDuJour
