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Oprah Tries Twitter for the First Time

Aired on 04/17/2009 | CC tv-pg
Just five years ago, Oprah decided to venture out into the still-wild world of Twitter. Co-founder Evan Williams gave her a crash course on the three-year-old social media site, which at the time only had 35 employees. Watch as he reveals the origin of Twitter's name and lists some of the ways it was already being used.

Original airdate: April 17, 2009