> Also if they don't create an "official account", someone else will do it for them Yes, but this account will still not have the same legitimacy. Right now, i

> Also if they don't create an "official account", someone else will do it for them Yes, but this account will still not have the same legitimacy. Right now, if Trump tweeted a declaration of war, it would have been reasonable to assume that it was real, because, for all we know, it's an official channel. Previously at lot of people would've at least checked back with the official channel before taking it for granted. And, to make matters worse, having Twitter as an official channel now gives everyone at Twitter the possibility to make official announcements - hardly a good state of affairs.