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And if you enjoy reading and interacting with content from Alice@instance1.com, does it matter if their name is really Alice irl?

• skybrian 4y ago
  For fiction and chatting, no. For eyewitness accounts or providing evidence, yes, provenance matters. Also, a famous name (or at least, one well-known to you) has a lot of embedded trust associated with it that was earned elsewhere, which is why impersonation matters.