Really?
Michael Arrington
Dec 2, 2009

Dana Hanna updates his Facebook and Twitter, at the altar. Without his bride Tracy knowing he was going to do it. I’m sure she was thrilled:

I surprised not only my guests, but also Tracy by pulling out my phone and posting on Facebook and Twitter from the altar during out wedding. I had her phone ready in my pocket, so when she asked for it I could hand it to her. No one knew about this except the minister, and myself.

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  • Marshall

    Nerds!

  • http://www.thefurobiker.com Furobiker

    Weirdo nerds!

  • Shii

    She must be mortified!

  • Marshall

    Double nerds!

  • jon

    Maybe he’ll tweet during the divorce hearing as well.

  • http://www.whatdoesthewebthink.com Jay

    what a bozo…

  • jay

    Can’t wait for the wedding night updates!

  • Shii

    Look at his first dance….

  • hioih

    the nerd is the one making a blog post about something he read on twitter, suggesting other people give a crap

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melvin_M_Tercan/1079422871 Melvin M. Tercan

    “Standing at the side of my bed, with @TracyPage, where just a second ago, I took my pants off. Gotta go, time to make some kids. #weddingnight”

  • http://www.crunchbase.com/person/michael-arrington Michael Arrington

    I actually think that was cool.

  • Marshall

    Arrington, Nerd!

  • http://www.novicebloggers.com/ Sanjay Krishna

    Might be he will be more Tweeting than living with her.

  • jon

    ROFL

  • http://fr.propulsr.com Léo, Propulsr

    Some people REALLY need to learn how to get a break from their digital life !

  • http://ahmedfarooki.com/blog Ahmed

    Might be pretty soon by the looks of it.

  • NotJoe

    +1

  • http://www.djbosko.com Ryan Bosko

    What?! But I thought real life was the matrix? If it’s not digital, what the hell is it?!

  • Ben Thomas

    30 years from now, a tweet will appear:
    “Just buried @thesoftwarejedi . Just yesterday he was still making jokes. time to the eulogy. #sad”

  • http://www.ragorder.com Mark Stanley

    This is exactly the type of thing that I would do, and exactly the type of thing that would have me divorced in Guinness world record time.

  • Peter

    His new wife’s Twitter account doesn’t exist … though here’s the cache: http://bit.ly/8hfiXA

    Wonder if she got too much abuse and deleted her account?

  • http://cybersweetness.com Gebadia Smith

    and yet it will probably pay for the honeymoon with revinue sharing..

  • http://ivanbernat.com Ivan

    I think it’s cute :-)

  • http://www.gokilyo.wordpress.com/ ganis zulfa

    nerd is cool

  • http://www.wildblueskies.com dhirender

    Phew !!!!

  • Jean Vence

    Do you think people are spending too much time on the Internet? – Global poll being taken at http://qulse.com/q.jsp?id=55

  • cease

    One year later :
    “Signing divorce papers with @TracyPage, maybe i should of spent less time twittering, and took my wedding seriously” #divorceday”

  • http://www.maestroalberto.it/2009/12/02/aggiorna-twitter-e-facebook-durante-il-suo-matrimonio-allaltare-video/ Aggiorna Twitter e FaceBook durante il suo matrimonio all’altare (video) – maestroalberto

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  • http://www.ignimedia.com igniman

    Can’t wait for tonight’s “Oh i ‘m inside her”, “oh, doggy style” tweets

  • http://beerpla.net/2009/12/02/the-most-useless-tweet-to-date-discovered/ The Most Useless Tweet TO Date Discovered

    [...] the winner is… the same guy who made headlines today because he tweeted from the altar at his own wedding – Dana [...]

  • Hugo R

    Lol how pathetic.

    Noone uses Facebook these days.

    Idiots

  • http://www.whitezine.com RaDe

    lol just lol

  • Pierre Fontenelle

    she still has a twitter, just changed her username. since she is no longer ms page but now mrs hanna. lol.

  • http://mr-omneo.co.uk Mr Omneo

    Exactly what I was thinking! Followed by, “In delivery room with @tracey who has legs spread and pushing @LittleNerd out. Gotta go breech birth!”

  • http://bastienlabelle.fr/ Bastien

    Seriously…?

  • Smith

    +1

  • http://www.pieto.com Piet

    Yawn. Like Andy Warhol said.

  • http://netzmelder.de/beherrschen-wir-das-medium-oder-das-medium-uns/ Beherrschen wir das Medium oder das Medium uns? » Danna, Ehemann, Unglaublich, Aber, Spruch, Altar » netzmelder

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Plato_Puthur/1381103761 Plato Puthur

    now they are adding this news, I already gt this very soon from reddit, n soon after i added it in my blog.. :D
    http://obscurant1st.biz/blog/groom-changes-facebook-relationship-status-at-the-altar/

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Satyajit_Sahu/833653150 Satyajit Sahu

    Cool indeed (and a cool tweet too). And why not?

  • http://www.twittlink.com/aj_headline_tb/aHR0cDovL3d3dy50ZWNoY3J1bmNoLmNvbS8yMDA5LzEyLzAyL2ZhY2Vib29rLXdlZGRpbmcv TwittLink – Your headlines on Twitter

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  • http://cubrilovic.posterous.com Nik Cubrilovic

    hard to criticize blogging about a web meme when the crack team of writers at ‘The Office’ will probably write an entire episode around this

  • http://www.etiole.com/2009/12/right-time-to-use-facebook-and-twitter-video/ Right time to use Facebook and Twitter [Video] | Etiole

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  • Rept

    Get some life loosers! I bet you will tweet too on your divorce ;-)

  • http://rozakoza.com/2009/12/dragi-fejsbuce-pratite-uzivo-kroz-statuse-moje-vjencanje/ Dragi fejsbuče, pratite uživo kroz statuse moje vjenčanje | rozakoza

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  • http://1975jmr.wordpress.com 1975jmr 侯壮马

    So funny, it’s need time to tweet or share something in this critical time of his marriage, isnt’it ? (Im nerd too loOol… :-D )

  • http://www.vikitech.com Viki

    Hilarious!

  • ADR

    Good for them. Weddings are boring anyhow.

  • Christopher

    This is deeply, deeply wrong.

  • http://dailycontributor.com/groom-updates-his-twitter-and-facebook-status-on-the-altar-video/9149/ Groom updates his Twitter and Facebook status on the altar (video) | Daily Contributor

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  • kevin

    posted to pikk- Hero or Jerk? Dana Hanna updates his Facebook and Twitter, at the altar [VOTE] – http://www.pikk.com/1db4d

  • Rob

    http://twitter.com/TracyMarieHanna in case you, too, want to stalk the new bride. :)

  • Serg

    what was even lamer is the kiss itself. lol, fuckin virgins

  • http://wp.clicrbs.com.br/noiva/2009/12/02/video-noivo-atualiza-twitter-no-altar/ Noiva » Blog Archive » Vídeo: noivo atualiza Twitter no altar

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  • http://www.kentonhankins.com/blog/?p=19 Twitter Wedding Update – Musings
  • http://coderslike.us David Kavanagh

    I got married a week ago today. I had the good sense to turn off my phone and just try not to cry from the joy of the occasion.

  • Moregola

    all you guys are fuc*in lame , keep criticizing this guy of be a nerd , but look at your self’s , making camments about that on the internet just nerd as he , at lest he did samething new and all you guys doing the same joke over and over again, conclusion you all are a fuc*in nerd as well , so bite ME hehehhehehe
    bando de americanos troxas….

  • http://blog.myptclist.com/outros/casamento-na-era-digital Casamento na era digital « Novidades

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  • Innocence

    You are all missing a big point …

    It should be @TraceyHanna now :-D

  • Innocence

    Lol fail.

    @TracyHanna

  • Innocence

    Idiot.

  • http://www.gosteidisso.com.br/?p=1030 Casamento Cyber. | Gostei Disso! =]

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  • Lizzz

    My fi and I joked about doing this! Weddings need to be less stuffy! Have some FUN! Be yourself, not how the Wedding Industry Complex wants you to be!

  • Jim

    twitter has officially jumped the shark now

  • seth

    *bump*

  • Michael

    Obvious Publicity Stunt.

    Kind of like that couple that did the wedding dance entrance. People like to be stars, but this one’s not as cool as the wedding dance.

    Ok mid comment, I changed my mind. Nerds!!!

    http://www.traderbots.com

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  • Pascal

    TweetsFromTheFuture(TM) says:

    Standing at the courthouse with @TracyPage where just a second ago she became my ex-wife! Gotta go, time to kiss her best friend! #freeatlast

  • http://blog.wellsoliver.com Wells

    Did he tweet about consummatin’ that shit?

  • Sandra

    what losers

  • Mylena

    This is worth seeing…

    Brazil ♥

  • OhhJohnny

    +1

  • Stefan Pinto

    Poor girl; he loves his (make-believe) friends more than he (ever will) love her.

  • Frank

    the French have a word for this “tool-box”

  • http://www.psychicboom.co.uk psychic readings

    How ridiculous

  • http://beerpla.net Artem Russakovskii

    Don’t hold your breath. He’s not the most exciting cookie as I found out: http://beerpla.net/2009/12/02/the-most-useless-tweet-to-date-discovered/

  • J Davis

    What’s with all the self-important people here taking this way too seriously and criticizing everything?

    Let the couple have their fun and get the stick out of your butts.

    P.S. Hilarious how people commenting on a tech blog are calling the couple ‘nerds’.

  • J Davis

    Ridiculous like your psychic reading spam?

  • J Davis

    Do you have a movie-star kiss you could upload of yourself to show how it’s done?

    Or are you a ‘fuckin virgin’ too posting from your mom’s basement?

  • J Davis

    Yeah what a bozo, getting married and being happy..

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe_Dawson/501760832 Joe Dawson

    Shocking! I’m sure this will be brought up many times during future disagreements! Who was he hoping to impress other than to get 15mins of fame?!

  • http://en.onsoftware.com Tom Clarke

    Because people who comment on a tech blog are, after all, automatically nerds, right? Whereas someone who tweets *during* his wedding ceremony isn’t?

  • Elad

    Nerd.

  • http://BrutusReport.com Steve

    Someone should inform him that there are services where you can schedule this kind of thing so you don’t have to actually send it at a certain time.

  • Adam Gutterman

    Why are you surprised, Michael? Like a fanboy you tout Twitter as the second coming of Jesus (when it’s a very limiting service that’s already a service in decline in the US). The only “really?” thought I had was that his didn’t happen sooner.

  • http://www.crmtogether.com Marc Reidy

    pathetic Mike. Any chance you get its twitter this twitter that….why dont you just marry twitter!

  • Carol

    As a geek woman dating a geek guy, I think it’s adorable. As long as both parties are cool with it, what does it matter to anyone else, including me? I doubt the groom realized it would go viral.

    Frankly, people who find this sort of thing shocking and distasteful must have nothing else going on in their lives. Those are the real losers.

  • Larry

    Lame, my son did that almost a year ago…

    Check the 2:16 mark

    http://www.vimeo.com/2831510

  • Scott

    Massive douche.

  • Scott

    “Laying in bed about to consummate my marriage. She’s coming in the room now, gotta go. Oops, I’m done… More time for tweeting.”

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  • Matt

    People still get married?

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  • http://www.chocolatemind.com Sandy

    Just one question: Why would she be thrilled ? Either she would be angry or could care less. It might have been thrilling for the man himself but I dont see what’s thrilling in this from a woman’s point of view anyways!

  • lonely

    that’s why you’re single.

  • http://www.twetto.com Jamie

    hahah thats great

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  • Marco

    welcome to the future O_O’

  • klandsfl

    SPIC

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  • Larry

    more cringe-worthy material than The Office.

  • http://1greencard.com Farshid

    Never thought about such case.

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  • aep528

    More proof that it is time for TC to recognize twitter is just a fad and stop covering it.

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  • http://meebee.com JD

    WTF !@#? Stunt or Sick !
    Why get married if he doesnt take it seriously anyway

  • JustAnotherDoucheBag

    Good thing he got married now as I’m sure that bald spot on the back of his head is only going to get bigger.

  • http://thetechnologycafe.com/ Samir

    its fantastic and i call it the perfect “tweetMoment” http://thetechnologycafe.com/twitter-on-wedding-day-i-do-tweets-at-the-altar/

  • duh

    Just a sidenote, 30 years from now nobody will remember Twitter. And there will be lot of rejoicing.

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  • http://www.fairepartoo.com Fairepartoo

    Wonderful wedding! But too geek!

    I will never do the same for my wedding ; otherwise, my wife gonna marry Google ;)

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  • http://npxp.com NPXP

    People do live out their fantasies, don’t they?

  • http://www.ixdownload.com/news/ Daniella

    This is just ridiculous and sad. Be a gentleman and give someone else your attention for a second.

  • http://www.doughi.fr Doughi SEO

    I agree, so ridiculous. How to lost your time with new technologies !

  • http://www.louisvuittonhouse.com/ louis

    People do live out their fantasies, don’t they?

  • http://redthreadevents.com/ Wedding Planner San Francisco

    I like some of these comments even more than the article :)

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