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Jon Stewart explains Twitter

2 min readSocial Media, Video, Viral

In his Daily Show segment "Old Man Stewart Shakes His Fist At ___," Stewart starts the segment with: "For the uninitiated, here’s how Twitter works - I have no f***cking idea." He goes on, "I have no idea how it works - or why it is." ... Oh surpise, Viacom made YouTube take it down, but here it is for all you guys ... enjoy.

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