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Beware the ‘singles’ sign spammers

By Griff Wigley, on February 2, 2009, 8:38 am

Many of Northfield’s busy intersections got yellow signs saying “Single? NothfieldSingles.ORG” planted on all corners over the weekend. Nothing’s revealed on the website about who’s doing this but a quick check shows other towns nearby are likely getting hit, too.

See faribaultsingles.org and redwingsingles.org. The domain names are registered to overseas addresses. Isn’t this a violation of Northfield’s sign ordinance?

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Tyson Wigley says:

February 2, 2009 at 10:42 am

Saw this on reddit.com a while back. Here’s some research on the signs origin from someone who had way too much time – http://themetricsystem.rjmetrics.com/2008/11/06/single-lawn-signs-conquer-the-american-landscape/

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Griff Wigley says:

February 2, 2009 at 2:21 pm

Thanks for that link, Tyson. Also in the comment thread attached to it:
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/dating_services/right_one.html

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John S. Thomas says:

February 2, 2009 at 4:12 pm

Tyson,

That was a really great link to an interesting story. Almost 9,000 domains… pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing. I never would have guessed.

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Marie Fischer says:

February 2, 2009 at 9:11 pm

I laughed when I saw these.
I thought they said “NorthfieldSinglesOMG” when I first saw one.

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