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Formspring...Good or Bad?

I've seen alot of people adding this tool to thier blogs, but I almost see it as an open door to allow people to ask you stupid, mean or rude questions. I am curious what other people think of this tool?

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Permalink Reply by Tellie on February 10, 2010 at 9:40am

I have signed up for the site, but have yet to use it. But it is your choice whether or not you answer the stupid, mean or rude questions.

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Permalink Reply by Bayleigh on February 10, 2010 at 10:34am

I don't have one, but I have a younger brother in high school and alot of his friends have one. The poor hs girls are getting so hurt! If I had a teenager, I wouldn't let them have one. I also don't really see the point in it. If it isn't a question people can ask me non-anonymously, I probably don't want to answer it!

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Permalink Reply by Erica B. on February 10, 2010 at 10:36am

@Bayleigh I agree with you. Even if you don't answer the questions your leaving the door open for people to just ask the mean questions. I saw one blogger had it on her page and would use one day to post all her answers to the questions, but then after a few of those posts she said she was removing it from her page. She said she got alot of personal questions, and I mean real personal like "what kind of Birth Control do you use".

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Permalink Reply by m'liss on February 10, 2010 at 12:24pm

I've read a few peoples' that I'm genuinely interested in, but I don't see a point in EVERYONE having one... I personally wouldn't get one because I don't think enough people would ask me questions that they need to know the answer to... But sometimes it's cool for some celebrities or musicians to keep in touch with fans & answer their questions!

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Permalink Reply by Elle on February 10, 2010 at 1:28pm

I signed up for it, but I don't connect it to my blog. I've seen people do this though and post the answers straight to their blogs, but I didn't fancy this. I can see what you mean though.

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Permalink Reply by Kayla Aimee on February 10, 2010 at 1:29pm

I think it's fun- I get a lot of emails with specific questions about my infertility and so I opened it up to keep all those questions in one place. I don't mind the personal questions and I haven't had any hateful ones yet. If I get any, I'll just delete them, the same as I do with the hateful email I receive from time to time. It's part of having a blog that is open to the internet, dealing with the crazies.

Mine is formspring.me/kaylaaimee :)

Do I think anyone under 18 should use it? Nope. But I think high school kids and younger should have all their online accounts monitored by their parents anyhow, so I'm kinda strict like that.

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Permalink Reply by Linda on February 10, 2010 at 1:36pm

inspired by this thread,
i just signed up

http://www.formspring.me/curiousnotions

kind of anticlimactic so far.

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Permalink Reply by Peyton Smythe on February 10, 2010 at 2:25pm

hmm... what to ask...

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Permalink Reply by Akirah on February 10, 2010 at 1:55pm

I've seen the same thing! I have an account, but not too many people ask me questions, so I'm not sure how long I'll keep it. And it's always hard for me to think of questions for other people. So who knows...