Strange Bedfellows: Social Media and Marriage Proposals

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Mashable reports that over the weekend Digg’s Matt Van Horn leveraged Twitter, Foursquare, and live streaming mobile service Qik to propose to his girlfriend. As the groom-to-be explains it:

“So I had @hutchins hiding with me behind the rock with his iPhone live streaming the proposal and he also had a camera taking photos. I had sent out the link 30 minutes earlier to both our families, so they were watching live. Once I got the signal that she was there, I checked into Bernal Heights Park via Foursquare which shouted the URL to the live stream on Qik, which automatically synced to my Twitter and Facebook accounts. I knew Lauren received my tweets via text message on her phone, so I asked her to turn around as I proposed!”

What do you think: Sweet or too tech-minded for your taste? (We’ve certainly seen geekier.) Either way, we’re willing to bet that they’ll register at Foursquare’s new online store.