Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@AliceFromQueens @aephemera @mattyglesias I don't take someone more seriously because they are verified. If they say they are Tweeting from a protest in Berlin and they are verified as a Spiegel reporter I do believe them more easily than I would in a no verification system. In other words, the benefit is to followers. — PolitiTweet.org