5 ms·Is the blue checkmark supposed to help/protect the person tweeting or the people consuming the tweets?by tqi 4y agoIs the blue checkmark supposed to help/protect the person tweeting or the people consuming the tweets?sangnoir 4y agoNeither - it's supposed to help Twitter's profitability.atian 4y agoBoth. It is sort of an “honesty bond” that Twitter knows your details in return you get a status mark. Of course the bar is quite high these days for recourse.