Not just that but anyone can mint a copy of the picture the NFT points to and have their own verified version.

I mean everyone can verify the ownership too since it's on the public blockchain?

Right but who verifies that the particular NFT is the original one that has all the feel good magic and not a copy someone else minted?

It's almost like Twitter is doing a great public service by building exactly what's needed to show that this is, in fact, bullshit.

Similarly all the crypto metaverse projects although they're not as mainstream suffer this problem. There's a reason Will Wright's new "NFT" game runs its own chain.

You can see which collection an NFT belongs to, their contract addresses, and transaction history. This is a non-problem. I'm sure it will be visible in Twitter's implementation too