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Jon Stewart on Twitter: "I have no idea how it works, or why it does."
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The Daily Show's Jon Stewart took on micro-blogging service Twitter during his "Old Man Stewart Shakes His Fist at …" segment. He said, "I have no idea how it works, or why it does." Can we confess: Neither do we?
Thing is, we're not sure Twitter's founders would say much different. Anyway, we'll stop talking now and let you watch the clip:
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'Daily Show' Discovers Twitter
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What do you do when you're late to a trend? Mock yourself! Watch Jon Stewart's Daily Show writers, one of whom only started using the banal messaging service on Oscars night, try to catch up. .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;} ...
'Daily Show' Discovers Twitter
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What do you do when you're late to a trend? Mock yourself! Watch Jon Stewart's Daily Show writers, one of whom only started using the banal messaging service on Oscars night, try to catch up. .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;} ...
The Daily Show: “My Stalker Just Grunted On My Twitter”
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Old Man Stewart Shakes His Fist At Twitter
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Video: Jon Stewart takes off on Twitter
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"Why has Twitter suddenly become such a big deal amongst legislators and the media elite?" queries "The Daily Show"'s Jon Stewart in this video that's being tweeted and and re-tweeted all over the Now Web on Tuesday. "Because it's awesome!" responds tech correspondent Samantha Bee. "Twitter offers real-time access to some of our most important
leaders' and news-people's least important thoughts, 140 characters at
a time," says Bee. "It's no wonder young people love it --
according to reports about young people by middle-aged people." Speaking of middle-aged people, venture capitalists love ...
The Daily Show covers Twitter
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Jon Stewart Talks Twitter Frenzy
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Twitter's traffic has been exploding lately. Jon Stewart investigated on a recent segment as to why the mainstream media and politicians want to be on Twitter. Jon Stewart admits he has no f***ing idea how Twitter works. Samantha Bee, who likes Twitter, interrupted Jon Stewart to tweet while he was discussing Twitter. (via TheBivingsReport ...
Remains of the Day: The Jon Stweart Explains Twitter Edition [For What It's Worth]
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Seems like only a few hours ago March 3rd was just starting, and now it's almost over! Let's take a quick look back at what didn't make the full-post cut:
Daily Show Discovers Twitter
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Remains of the Day: The Jon Stewart Explains Twitter Edition [For What It's Worth]
Lifehacker —
Seems like only a few hours ago March 3rd was just starting, and now it's almost over! Let's take a quick look back at what didn't make the full-post cut:
Daily Show Discovers Twitter
In case you...
Twitter Business Plan Count-Up: Day 1!
BoomTown —
Today, Twitter’s investors are in rainy San Francisco for a board meeting of the hyped microblogging service, where they will presumably discuss revenue options the start-up keeps promising are coming soon.
In fact, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said about a month ago in a blog post that “we hope to begin iterating on revenue products this year.”
Right now, Twitter has no revenues.
No-Biz-like-No-Biz Stone added: “We are still very early in the idea stage and we don’t have anything to share just yet despite a recent surge in speculation. When we do, we’ll be sure to let ...
Shizzow: Finding Friends
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Today Shizzow, announced the public launch of a location-based friend finder where you can declare your location, and it will notify all of your friends so that they may come join you for a drink or a cup of coffee. ...
Nielsen: Twitter Was Fasting Growing Community Last Month
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Last night, Nielsen Online reported that Twitter has now surpassed Facebook and others to become the fastest-growing site in the "Member Communities" category for the month of February. Although Facebook, the world's most popular social network, has more members than Twitter, that's not what this measurement is about - it's about growth. And Twitter is growing. It's growing like crazy.
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According to a post on Nielsen Wire, unique visitors to Twitter.com increased 1,382 percent year-over-year, from 475,000 unique visitors in February 2008 ...
Jon Stewart on Twitter
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Twitter Founder Biz Stone Going On Colbert
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Twitter founder Biz Stone will be going on The Colbert Report on Comedy Central this Thursday.
The news, naturally, broke on Twitter.
Maybe Twitter will find a warmer reception with Colbert than it did with Jon Stewart, who mostly poked fun at the service and its fans. ...
Christmas in April: Twitter Co-Founder on “The Colbert Report” Tonight!
BoomTown —
The national PR tour of Twitter Co-founder How-To-Succeed-in-Biz-Without-Really-Trying Stone continues tonight with a television appearance that is sure to be tasty.
Stone (pictured here)–who has clearly become the chatty spokesmodel for the hot microblogging service at public events all over the place of late–is set to be a guest on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.”
Stone, of course, just updated everyone about the show on Twitter and also his his blog site.
It’s past 2am here in NYC and I’m battling email until I pass out—tomorrow, I’m ...
Biz Stone Plays It Cool On Colbert
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Viral Video: Twitteleh, Yet Another Twitter Parody Has Wings
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Since it debuted last week, a spoof video for Twitteleh is rising fast with close to 200,000 views on YouTube.
It’s one of the many parodies of the popular microblogging service Twitter, which attracts them like it attracts valuation-mad VCs.
This one urges good sons to tweet answers to classic Jewish mother questions such as: “What have you eaten?” and “Are you wearing a sweater?”
Here it is:
And, here are BoomTown’s two favorite Twitter-mocking videos so far, one from Slate for Flutter and one from ...
10 Hilarious Twitter Parody Videos
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Whether or not Twitter has hit a traffic growth ceiling, the 140 character status update platform has already proved it can permeate past its early adopter audience and attract a more mainstream user-base complete with Twittering athletes, celebrities, and government officials. Along the way, Twitter has also managed to grab a lot of attention as the easy scapegoat in parody videos. We’ve seen comedic geniuses, late-night talk show hosts, and many video production companies all try to best each other in a battle for the funniest Twitter spoof or satire. Not all are created equal, but the 10 we’ve included ...
