BrightID is... interesting. The idea is to ensure that each physical human has at most one Bright ID account by using social verification, right? I can't figure out from a quick skim of https://brightid.gitbook.io/brightid/getting-started how they prevent you from getting multiple accounts by getting verified through two or more disjoint social groups.
> I can't figure out how they prevent you from getting multiple accounts
I'm not sure about that, to be honest. One thing to keep in mind though is the importance of validating identities in person. I think you get higher trust by scanning each other IRL.
So a whole network of anonymous avatars could "connect", but it would be rare for them to scan each others' devices in person. I would imagine that most people would simply lack the energy to go through the whole process with two different devices. So on-the-whole, the anonymous avatar style network would be less trustworthy algorithmically.
