I just wanted to upload bigger videos and avoid having to repeatedly type in CAPTCHAS. So I tried to verify my account, but no go, because I don't meet either of the 2 criteria. Reece @ Facebook Customer Operations confirmed:
There are are only 2 ways to verify your account. The first way is through your mobile phone. The second way to stop seeing captchas is to affiliate with a college network. If your school provides you with an email address, you can add a college network from the "Networks" tab of the Account page.
Thanks for giving the time to help me, Reece. I just wish it wasn't so limited, because, given that we had a person-to-person email exchange, I would think I qualified for person-ship!
I asked if exceptions were made. But sadly, no.
This seems ridiculously shortsighted. Then again, Facebook was founded on college social networking, so it doesn't seem like they'd be missing out a big opportunity. But still, they do have numerous workplace networks (like Linden Lab's), so why don't those count?
Interestingly, I just checked upload limits while logged in, and it now says:
Please upload a file only if:
- The video is under 300 MB and under 20 minutes.
- The video was made by you or your friends.
- You or one of your friends appears in the video.
Which is up from the 2-min. limit I saw before. Did something else change? 
Facebook is annoying with their insisting on "real persons" that is actually more privacy and security threat than providing a good service and value to its users. Web was doing great in the old times without all that anti-pseudonymity movement.
My following comments are not to be construed as criticism to you as a person, Torley. However, please explain why you (and others) feel this strong desire to explore EVERY possible internet networking website available? Why are you driven to advertise your life, appearance,your knowledge, your skills, and your creations to the world? Sites like MySpace attract people who self-absorbed . People think that they are interesting and are positive the world wants to know it.
There are so many websites that I bet you feel pressured to "keep up" . Pressure to be "in the know" and among the crowd. Why? It must be exhausting to have to log into so many accounts and to keep up-to-date.
Again, from what I have seen, I enjoy your videos and I like your personality so I am not insulting you as a person. I just disagree with the value of it all. I think immersing ourselves into MANY websites is unhealthy in the big picture.
When I am elderly, I doubt that I will reflect back and wish I had spent MORE time on a computer. I will wish that I had spent more time eating a cool crisp watermelon on a hot summer day among friends at a lake…rather than trying to replicate this event virtually.
Please enlighten me on the value of being connected to many social websites?