Intrigued at the idea of EarlyClaim

It doesn't really make the world a better place, and it kinda screws with the people who didn't manage to get in line first, but I'm intrigued at the idea nonetheless. EarlyClaim (my referral link) will try to reserve your preferred username on new sites. An upside of the service is that it will generate interested users for a new startup/site, and increase the new site's exposure.

Part of me wants to build a competing service. A larger part of me is happier working on my will-make-the-world-a-better-place project instead.