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In 1996 somebody registered Madonna.com. then in 1998 tried to sell her the domain for 2 million dollars. She instead took the guy to court and sued him instead. Then it worked out that she would buy the domain for far cheaper than 2 million.
Difference is, especially in 1998, a .com url is all people know. So that particular url is the most important thing on the internet for Madonnas brand in 1998.
The fediverse is NOT the most important thing online to Margot Robbie's brand. Right now, it's not of any importance, and without a unified username system, it never will be important. Because right now, I would argue in 2024 a brandable username is more important than a .com domain website.....but the username has to be consistant, and exclusive.
If Margot Robbie was @MargotRobbie on twitter, @TheRealMargotRobbie on instagram, @MargotRobbie1 on pintrest, and @MargotRobbievids on youtube, that would be a real problem for her.
So to be told that you can search the fediverse and find @MargotRobbie@Lemmy.World and also @MargotRobbie@Lemm.ee and also @MargotRobbie@Piefed.social and also @MargotRobie@fedia.io and also any other countless combination of instances, some of which may not even exist yet, and only will exist if you kill 1, 3 more pop up.
Margot Robbie would look at that and say "I'll stick with twitter/youtube/instagram/pintrest/tiktok/twitch where I can control my username."
And all the power stays in the wealthys hands.
I guess what you mean is there should be a way to verify celebrity accounts.
That does not automatically translate to centralizing usernames, but more a federated verification system.
All you need is one instance to actually verify its users.
https://nytimes.social seems like a good one. Maybe they should start that.