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In January of 2012, Formspring launched additional features on the website and mobile application. One of the new features, "Smile Sort", provided the option to filter and sort the homepage feed to show the most popular responses to questions asked, as indicated by the number of likes or "smiles" received on the response. This added functionality sought to allow users more control over their homepage feeds and grant them the ability to curate the best content on the site and platform. In addition to granting users the ability to see their top "smiled" responses, this new feature also allowed Formspring users to view the top responses from other users, as well as the most "smiled" responses to a question that was asked to multiple users and accounts at one time. | In January of 2012, Formspring launched additional features on the website and mobile application. One of the new features, "Smile Sort", provided the option to filter and sort the homepage feed to show the most popular responses to questions asked, as indicated by the number of likes or "smiles" received on the response. This added functionality sought to allow users more control over their homepage feeds and grant them the ability to curate the best content on the site and platform. In addition to granting users the ability to see their top "smiled" responses, this new feature also allowed Formspring users to view the top responses from other users, as well as the most "smiled" responses to a question that was asked to multiple users and accounts at one time. | ||
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The second feature included in this expansion was the added functionality that gave Formspring users the option to decide if they wanted to follow the accounts of other users either publicly or privately. As a part of this new feature, users of Formspring were able to then view the number of other accounts and users that followed their account and the accounts of others. The company stated that this feature was created with the intent to allow users of Formspring the ability to get to know their community better and ask more direct questions to their followers, with the added benefit of curtailing broad "spam" questions. [https://techcrunch.com/2012/01/09/formspring-hits-4-billion-answers-transforms-into-content-curator-with-smile-sort/] | The second feature included in this expansion was the added functionality that gave Formspring users the option to decide if they wanted to follow the accounts of other users either publicly or privately. As a part of this new feature, users of Formspring were able to then view the number of other accounts and users that followed their account and the accounts of others. The company stated that this feature was created with the intent to allow users of Formspring the ability to get to know their community better and ask more direct questions to their followers, with the added benefit of curtailing broad "spam" questions. [https://techcrunch.com/2012/01/09/formspring-hits-4-billion-answers-transforms-into-content-curator-with-smile-sort/] | ||
Revision as of 06:12, 11 February 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.
Contents
History
Closure and Rebranding
Platform Mechanics and Features
Users of Formspring created a personal profile as a means to invite other users to ask any question about the profile holder. While logged in, users could privately follow other profiles. Registered users and accounts could additionally ask questions of their followers from the homepage. Similar to an email inbox, a list of pending or unanswered questions were displayed on the private dashboard of the profile holder. Formspring.me also asked one question per day, aptly named "Formspring Question of the Day" which was shown flashing in Formspring users' inbox automatically. Formspring added a "smile" button in January 2011, which users could utilize similarly to the like button on Facebook.
In January of 2012, Formspring launched additional features on the website and mobile application. One of the new features, "Smile Sort", provided the option to filter and sort the homepage feed to show the most popular responses to questions asked, as indicated by the number of likes or "smiles" received on the response. This added functionality sought to allow users more control over their homepage feeds and grant them the ability to curate the best content on the site and platform. In addition to granting users the ability to see their top "smiled" responses, this new feature also allowed Formspring users to view the top responses from other users, as well as the most "smiled" responses to a question that was asked to multiple users and accounts at one time.
The second feature included in this expansion was the added functionality that gave Formspring users the option to decide if they wanted to follow the accounts of other users either publicly or privately. As a part of this new feature, users of Formspring were able to then view the number of other accounts and users that followed their account and the accounts of others. The company stated that this feature was created with the intent to allow users of Formspring the ability to get to know their community better and ask more direct questions to their followers, with the added benefit of curtailing broad "spam" questions. [1]
Mobile Application
In addition to the browser-hosted website, in September 2011 Formspring launched an application for iPhone users on the Apple application store [2]. The iOS application included the ability to post pictures, as an answer or as part of a question. In addition to the ability to post or reply with photos, a unique feature of the application allowed users to ask and respond to questions of their iPhone contacts, even if those contacts were not registered users of Formspring. Several months after the iPhone application was added to the Apple application store, Formspring added to their mobile presence with an application for Android users in January of 2012 [3].
