I did it for Twitter. But then I ended up using Twitter. It's a slippery slope. :-) (But yes, on other sites, I've grabbed my usual IDs, but I'm not aggressive about it) - Louis Gray

I have several clients who did not grab their brand names and now those are being used by people, a big problem - Jon Erickson from twhirl

I only really sign up to grab my own name and check the site out. I'll stick around if it's worthwhile but if not at least I have my name or alias. - Joe Dawson from Alert Thingy

Shh! Don't give them any ideas! - TranceMist

In 1991 there were only 2 of me on the Internet. Now there are 13-15 of us. ;-) Unfortunately I didn't grab "mitchelltsai" on LinkedIn, GMail, or Yahoo!Mail, but I am trying to sign up for lots of services when I have time. Can the other "Mitchell Tsai"s accuse me of cybersquatting? Google refuses to display my LinkedIn page because it thinks my "mitchtsai" page is a duplicate of the Houston, TX "mitchelltsai". - Mitchell Tsai

Anyone else? Going to do a post about this. - Colin Walker

Mitchell, that's quite a good point - it's got to be first come first served for people with the same name. - Colin Walker

But is it FAIR to be first-come-first-served for personal names??? Can I cybersquat Robert Scoble, if I find another Robert Scoble in the world to be my shill. We had all these cybersquatting issues in 1991-2000, and opinions (legal positions) have shifted in the past 17 years. They may shift again. - Mitchell Tsai

One friend just finished a $100-200K court squabble with a Top-10 legal firm and a newly public company (doing poorly). He had researched his name (CompanyXYZ), but not (CompanyXYZforMe), so CompanyXYZforMe pressed him into an expensive court battle. He embarassed the legal firm on Google (he's a Google expert) by posting all their legal booboos & screwups on a page which showed in Top 10 Google search for the legal firm, the 2007 $1.6 billion revenue legal firm folded. The cost of names can be high! - Mitchell Tsai

Obvously cybersquatting a company name is a lot more cut and dried but with personal names I don't see how you can be accussed of squatting if that IS actually your name. The shill issue is tricky. Say you were a hosting company you could argue that you were developing a site for your shill - I suppose it would then come down to proof - the intent to use the domain for a proper purpose. Hmmm..... - Colin Walker

What if I want "catLovers.blogspot.com" and then the company "Cat Lovers, Inc." calls me a cybersquatter? Maybe I should reserve mitchellTsai.blogspot.com just in case? - Mitchell Tsai