I've changed my profile picture on twitter to reflect my discontent with their new elitist Verified Accounts beta program. Apparently you and I are not popular enough to be verified.

Seriously… Why don't they fork the verification process over to a third party (Lord knows there are dozens of them); charge $9.99 to be verified; keep half. There you go, there's a revenue model for you.

Nah, that would actually make sense.