Precisely. 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

Precisely. 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.