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Users of Formspring created a personal profile as a means to invite other users to ask any question about the profile holder. Similar to an email inbox, a list of pending or unanswered questions were displayed on the private dashboard of the profile holder.
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Revision as of 03:02, 28 January 2022

Formspring was a question-and-answer-based social media platform established in 2009 by Ade Olonoh, the founder of online form builder Formstack. Formspring was rebranded as Spring.me in 2013, now defunct.

History

Platform Mechanics

Users of Formspring created a personal profile as a means to invite other users to ask any question about the profile holder. Similar to an email inbox, a list of pending or unanswered questions were displayed on the private dashboard of the profile holder.



Controversies

Cyberbullying

Associated Suicides