>why don’t they open this to everyone and people can apply with their official ID?! Probably has something to do with there being no apparent rhyme nor reason

>why don’t they open this to everyone and people can apply with their official ID?! Probably has something to do with there being no apparent rhyme nor reason behind their verification process nor criteria. This says to me that they simply don't know what they're doing (with it) and that "knowing someone" will continue to be the main driver for acceptance in the program. And people look down at cowboy coding...