to be honest I haven't bothered verifying my account so far and don't know if i will. i think doing it on one post that will soon be lost on your blog page makes it a bit pointless.
I'd much rather see an app that you use to take a selfie and asks you to put a set message on your twitter of Facebook account . your picture and link are then sent to set number of moderators who will check your account for the message thus verifying your identity. we could then have a symbol next to our names to say our accounts have been verified.