i am reminded that if “social media” didn’t devolve we’d have organized and come together to solve (crisis upon crisis) already and politicians would’ve had a digital polling station and direct communication with the populace.
instead Facebook Twitter YouTube is what it is.
Government-backed email would also help solve the “is this a bot” problem by limiting the number of email addresses that can be used, though naturally you’d also lose anonymity using that email.
There’s also the issue that if the emails are predictable, spam and phishing become much easier.
I’m mixed on this one. If we could choose the username and there’s no API for anything other than “is this a person” and your classic IMAP/SMTP stuff, then I’d be a lot more on board I think.