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You're misunderstanding the GP. It isn't that Twitter verifying someone was notable had value. It is that they already knew that person X was notable, and Twitt
by jsnell 3y ago
You're misunderstanding the GP. It isn't that Twitter verifying someone was notable had value. It is that they already knew that person X was notable, and Twitter verified it was indeed that person rather than an imposter.
- nerdbert 3y agoPrecisely. I don't think it was the case that people were blindingly trusting anything that came from a blue-check account. That doesn't even make sense, since many of them were contradicting each other. What it did allow, was quickly scanning through a sea of replies to find the ones that might come from someone with more authority or experience on a topic than SassySam123123, and then feeling confident that the post that purported to be from the Foreign Minister actually was. This was of course unpopular with SassySam123123.