What’s the value in verification, exactly? Seems like a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. Do non-idiots really get confused into thinking Jack Dorsey’s account is someone pretending to be Jack Dorsey?

Before Twitter did any sort of verification it was not difficult to determine whether an account claiming to be someone was actually that person for anyone who was actually interested.

I suspect a lot of people have this delusional fantasy where “verification” is going to shape political discourse in their favor.