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by mikeash 4077 days ago
I imagine they would want separate tiers to deal with collisions. "Yes this is my name" is different from "yes I am that well known person." In short, you'd still want to distinguish between a famous no-talent ass-clown and a random office worker of the same name.

(And I'll admit it, I mainly posted this comment so I could make the Office Space joke.)