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I would suggest that the authenticity problem you describe has already been solved by similar systems (Email, XMPP, etc). Nothing wrong with discussing this, of

• gremlinsinc 6y ago
  Email can be spoofed, no? usernames are a dime a dozen, but on twitter there's a single username for Stephen Colbert for example. It's verified that it really belongs to him, and only he's authorized to use it. I think anyone who wants should be able to verify themselves. Whether you are a celebrity or you just think you are because you have 14k twitter followers (grumble grumble). If you become famous overnight, you're already have a verified identity for PR, etc. So, I think centralized one-identity that you can control makes a lot of sense and maybe you can always have a kill-switch to set your profile private, or delete/wipe the data and control your own privacy.