Jon Stewart was forced to join Twitter on Thursday to defend the renegade Reddit traders who turned Wall Street upside down this week.
The former host of the “Daily Show” responded to criticism from rogue traders who used WallStreetBets to send GameStop shares to shoot challenging large hedge funds that restricted the business.
“It simply came to our notice then. The Redditors don’t cheat, they join a party that Wall Street professionals have been enjoying for years. ” Stewart tweeted.
“Don’t close them … maybe sue them for copyright infringement !!”
He added: “We haven’t learned anything from 2008.”
The comic signed his first tweet “StewBeef”. His @jon_actual account was quickly verified and he was granted a blue check.
The school “The Late Show”, Stephen Colbert answered to Stewart with, “Well, one thing has changed since 2008: a friend of mine joined Twitter.”
In a follow-up tweet a few hours later, Stewart, 58, thanked the other users for the warm welcome to the social media platform.
“I promise to use this app only sporadically and ineffectively,” he joked.