Mr. Kutcher -
I'm not asking for money or anything, just your opinion.
Your recent tweets about the validation of @iamdiddy and @johncmayer
got me thinking. My wife watches "The View" and she told me
that Whoopie Goldberg complains frequently that she has a facebook page
that she didn't put up and has nothing to do with and she's concerned
that people are falsely assuming her identity.
Q: Is proving your identity on the internet a big concern in
the entertainment industry? Do you think that there would be
value in a service that would (somehow) authenticate the identity of
VIPs or celebrities on the internet and have that one site as a single
place of reference for celebrities to voice what their real id's are on
certain websites, or to thwart imposters? Does something like
this already exist in celebrity circles that us common folk just don't
know about?
I'm trying to come up with an authentication method that would be
difficult to forge other than meeting in person, or being referred by
an already-authenticated person (trust relationship).
Recently, you took a picture of Bruce Willis when he was
available for a chat for a few minutes. I was thinking that a
photo of the celebrity holding a hand-written sign saying something
that we requested them to write would be a good start for
authenticating a celebrity on the internet. Once someone has
been authenticated, they can publish what official channels they
approve as being actually them.