Online proposal

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With the increasing popularity of personal web pages, proposing online has become a popular way for many who are deeply involved in subsets of the Internet community to pop the question. This is usually on personal web pages or niché forums where the number of people likely to notice are limited, although there are some notable times when significant Internet celebrities have done so on popular websites.

On February 17, 1999, Mike Krahulik posted a special edition of the Penny Arcade webcomic, in which he proposed to his now-wife Kara O'Donnal.^[1]
On November 20, 2001, TheForce.net humor editor Chris Knight used the popular Star Wars fan site to propose to girlfriend Lisa McBrayer. In a post titled "I'm Chris Knight and I'm Here To Rescue You!" Knight used a biblical passage, followed by a poem and then a photograph of himself down on one knee: holding out a diamond ring in one hand and wielding a green lightsaber in the other. Chief editor Joshua Griffin soon afterward edited the post to share the good news that McBrayer had said yes.^[2]
On February 14, 2002, Rob Malda (under his pseudonym of CmdrTaco) asked Kathleen Fent to marry in a story posted to his Slashdot website. She replied in email under the subject "Yes", and the message simply "Dork. You made me cry. :)".^[3]
On August 18, 2004, Colin McMillen posted a Perl script to the Obfuscation section of Perl Monks which, when executed, printed "kristen, will you marry me?". The code was arranged so that it appeared in a heart-shape with the statement "be $mine for @ever" underneath. Kristen Stubbs, the target of his affection, replied "$propose++; Yes :)".^[4]
On January 13, 2007, Eric Burns posted a composite webcomic, comprised of individual panels each illustrated by different artists, on Websnark in which he proposes to his collaborator, Wednesday White.^[5]
On February 14, 2008, a man posted his proposal at via a Lolcat. The post was quickly updated with the recipient's response -- another Lolcat accepting the proposal.^[6]