Jon Stewart just joined Twitter and is now the proud owner of a verified account. And, of course, his first tweet was about the redditors on r / WallStreetBets and their stonks.
Although it may be the first time he appears on Twitter, Stewart is already fitting in perfectly – with a profile photo that is not really of him, but of a dog.
This is bullshit. The Redditors are not cheating, they are joining a party that Wall Street members have been enjoying for years. Don’t close them … maybe you will sue them for copyright infringement!
We didn’t learn anything in 2008.
Love
StewBeef– Jon Stewart (@jon_actual) January 28, 2021
A fellow nightly commentator Stephen Colbert jumped up to greet him on the platform, giving Stewart a quote tweet hours before his account was verified.
In his second tweet, Stewart thanked everyone for the warm welcome, but says he only plans to use Twitter “sporadically and ineffectively”. (Opposite to the rest of us, who use it constantly and ineffectively.)
Thanks for the warm welcome! I promise to use this app only sporadically and ineffectively.
– Jon Stewart (@jon_actual) January 29, 2021
It is unclear what the future holds for Stewart on Twitter. Will he use it to promote his next comeback on television with his Apple TV show? Will he really say the word “stonks”? Whatever his plan, he will be seen by a large audience – he has amassed more than 120,000 followers in the nearly five hours since he first tweeted.
From all of us here in The Verge: welcome to twitter.