Letterman: “Does that cost you money, to be on Twitter?”
Last night, @KevinSpacey explained Twitter to a surprisingly clueless Dave Letterman, who truthfully responded that if he wanted a few thousand followers to say hi, all he had to do was walk outside to 53rd and Broadway.
The clip is good because Spacey and Letterman proxy the public’s opposing reactions to Twitter. Spacey loves the easy connection with fans around the world. Letterman gropes for words: “You know what it reminds me of? I’m thinking it reminds me a little of … oh yeah, a waste of time!”
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Paul (paul@venturebeat.com) covers Apple & the iPhone, social networks & social media, digital music & video, and any crazy Internet story. Paul wrote and edited for Valleywag from 2006-2008, after several years with Wired magazine and Slate. He writes regularly for The New York Times' technology section and sometimes for Wired and The Wall Street Journal. He studied computer science at MIT in the early 1980s, and worked as a software developer and network administrator for 15 years before becoming a professional writer. Follow him on Twitter at @paulboutin, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.
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