Twitter opens account verification to the masses

Until now, that blue checkmark next to your Twitter account name could only be awarded by Twitter, using a mysterious internal award process.

Now that’s changed. For the first time, people can apply for that blue checkmark themselves.

Interested? Start here.

Reminds me of The Sneetches (skip to 48 seconds in – that’s where the great Dr. Seuss writing kicks in).

UPDATE: Be sure the “Why” field has less than 500 characters and does not contain a link. Tripped me up.