Naming rights to street auctioned in San Francisco

(paintastreet.com)

16 points | by 18nleung 10 hours ago ago

12 comments

  • rationalist an hour ago

    I think it's misleading: It's a private alley, not a city street.

    What stops someone else from paving an alley through their property and naming that? How is this different from something like that?

    They're going to install a "San Francisco-style street sign" (emphasis mine) - not the city is going to install an official street sign.

  • gloxkiqcza 6 hours ago

    Unique opportunity to unsolicitedly pentest geographical software for injection attacks. `NULL` Street anyone?

  • PhilipRoman 7 hours ago

    Of course...

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  • SanjayMehta 8 hours ago

    Streety MacStreetface.

    • rkomorn an hour ago

      This is the obvious choice.

  • triage8004 3 hours ago

    Sounds like a smart way to raise money, hope they keep it clean too.

  • RandomGerm4n 7 hours ago

    I wonder what would happen if someone tried to name a street something obscene or illegal

    • rationalist an hour ago

      Nothing. It is a private alley, not a city street.

      Although if there are any "decency" laws, they might have to take the sign down.

  • schainks 7 hours ago

    Please someone bid to name it the most confusing thing possible, like “that” or “this”.

    • CatMustard 5 hours ago

      Or "The Wrong Street".

      Would make for fun GPS instructions. "In one hundred metres take a left turn onto The Wrong Street".

  • NooneAtAll3 8 hours ago

    website tries to load some text - but then crashes into empty white screen when webgl is disabled

  • jauntywundrkind 7 hours ago

    Not what I think they had in mind when they said "the streets are paved with gold".