what we need is a fully distributed (and thus democratic) content-addressable name server resolution system.

that way users can decide for themselves who is @bob or me@me.com (as their hashes differ).

the current industry around vanity domains and social media handles is toxic. people are being killed for them [1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27900825

an example of a working example is the p2p Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB) social network: it can work completely without name servers (you can even sync over bluetooth)