I guess I have been bullied on Formspring before. Receiving anonymous questions on Formspring is optional. Anonymity should never be used to ask questions that are mean or hurtful. Answering with a joke, although clear to those who know the person, looks very different in black-and-white.
When dealing with bullying, Shurley encourages students to approach an adult. Garcia says that any rebuttal will simply encourage the bully. Do not defend. Garcia wonders why teenagers have Formsprings, and credits it in part to the social pressures of high school. The desire to fit in comes at a price. Annabel Roubinowitz , Reporter. Winter sports commence. Chapter closes, doors open. Veggie Tales. Red meat caught red handed. Press ESC to cancel.
Skip to content Home Research Paper Is formspring gone? Research Paper. Ben Davis January 22, Is formspring gone? Does Ask FM ask you questions? Does ASKfm ask random questions? How do you know who ask you on Ask FM? How can I see my Ask FM without an account? At first, Formspring had all the makings of a social networking success story. It courted celebrity users, and gave them Twitter-like verified accounts.
It partnered with media companies to let them ask questions of their fans. On June 28th, , Formspring announced 25 million registered users. It also attracted copycats. Tumblr and the youth-focused social network MyYearbook implemented "ask" features of their own.
The site was an unabashed clone of its competitor — and Ask. One employee said that a network of bots began spamming Formspring users with invitations to join Ask. But to Formspring employees, the bots were an early sign that the Terebins prized growth above all. As Formspring grew, online interactions led to offline conflicts, fueled by the anonymous nature of the communication. Users did not have to register to send messages to one another, a privilege they often abused.
In Pennsylvania, students at a Harrisburg high school brawled after nasty messages were exchanged on the service. Because most of the communications were never posted publicly, Formspring was slow to recognize the bullying that was taking place.
In March , a year-old girl from Long Island committed suicide after receiving taunts on Formspring. The following year, a year-old British girl stepped in front of a train after being bullied on the service. Under growing pressure, Formspring began working with MIT's famed Media Lab to redesign its interface to discourage bullying.
It participated in a White House anti-bullying campaign. In retrospect, some former employees wish the site had placed less emphasis on anonymity. On the other hand, we saw a lot of bad and abusive content come through that channel double duh. Teachers and parents need to be aware of this site and talk to their children about it. If they did they would probably take away my laptop and phone etc. Just what most parents would do.
When I first got an abusive message on Formspring I was pretty hurt, but I did fight back at them, which made it worse. I did like the attention and thrill I got from other people at first I admit, but now I hardly go on it.
If you want to stop bullying, stop being human.. Sorry if I have offended anyone in this comment! I respect all of yours, so please respect mine. After 4 very long months months watching my 14 year old self destruct, I found her formspring accout. This discovery was the final piece of the puzzle.
It broke my heart to see what kind of verbal abuse, harassment and bullying she had been going through. We are now working hard to repair the damage. I never thought my daughter would ever have to go through this.
Let me be clear, formspring is only 1 of many websites that allows vulgarity,, obsenities, name calling etc. So does facebook through their IM. It is absolutely time for parents to change how our youth interacts with social media and holds these sites to a higher standard. If you did you would know that questions get flagged if they have mean words in them, you can delete them before even reading them! You can make your account unable to recieve anon questions.
And the mean questions, as bad as they are they help you learn. It makes me realize that she may act stuck up or spend way to much time on her looks,but its because people were being mean to her. Also, you have to realize not everyones going to like everyone.
You adults cant just filter the world of bad or mean things online or in person. Kids who do have formsprings and parents who are getting upset, stay out of it. If it really bothered them THAT much they would have deleted their page by now. Those who are critizing others for having it, stop. No one made your kid make a Formpsring. I agree with teenager, Formspring, when used by sensible people, can actually be effective and interesting.
People get to ask questions they wouldnt usually ask because of shyness. People also can find out about people they dont know, and have judged harshly because they dont know them. People choose to have formspring, and they choose to post the questions they answer. Like teenager said, nobody is forcing them, if people are finding it upsetting, delete it.
As far as anomity goes, block your account from it. It makes them go away. You find out about this stuff WAY before the talk with your parents. All it takes is one parent who tells one kid too early. Or one kid with older sibblings who tell them. They spread it to their friends and it just goes on and on. We know. And believe me you can take away websites and internet and everything you want but unless you put each and every kid in solitary confinment we will find stuff out.
Plus by the time we become adults do you want us not to know? You may be shaking your head at this but you have to accept that we find stuff out. You can stop trying to protect us. It only makes us sneak and go behind your backs more often. As far as Formspring goes, it is bad. Besides respsonsible people will be respsonsible.
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Edumacation Lessons in Teaching and Coaching. February 4, By thehurt. Moreover, the frequency of these comments was staggering. In a lot of ways, this site more or less encourages cyber-bullying, and does it in a public space. This site allows a space for kids to do discuss these things in an uncontrolled environment without talking about issues with parents or teachers or people who may have a little more experience and wisdom.
Think MySpace encouraged risky behavior? Looking at two pages on Formspring, I saw full names, cities, and cell phone numbers posted for all the world to see. At our school, we try to teach kids what information to put out there and to be responsible citizens of the internet.
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You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2. Twitter…in the classroom? Tabatha February 22nd, at pm I disagree completely. A delgado June 30th, at am my 14 year old uses this site also, I found out.. Hannah June 4th, at am wow! Emily February 16th, at pm I am a formspring owner myself, im 15 years old an I do agree with egerything you are saying. Karen February 20th, at am I found out an hour ago that my 12 year old girl has an account.
Kelly February 24th, at am I am so glad that I finally found some people who share my same opinions on this website. My advice is to delete, block — whatever it takes. No good can come from this website. Carol McKinley. Jaden August 24th, at pm agreed. Kim March 8th, at pm I agree. Javier March 8th, at pm i am 17 and i also have a formspring.
Rose March 11th, at am I am so upset my daughter got formspring. March 13th, at pm Alright my turn to give my opinion on this Formspring. Its just an entertaining place to socialize… By the way , 12 workers from Formspring got arrested recently. Ethel April 13th, at am To protect our children from preditors! Kev March 25th, at pm I disagree completely.
Rebecca March 26th, at am I have a dilemma that involves this and I need advice. Any advice? Ben March 28th, at pm That would be out of line to tell her parents.
Christine Jacobsen April 7th, at pm I saw a high school Formspring page that was just horrendous. Nikky April 7th, at pm Really, i agree with richky and bailey. April 18th, at pm All the sexual questions, bullying,.. Harrie February 7th, at pm That is not true, in 13 a teenager And I really care about bullying,cursing and adult content in what people say to me. How many children have to be abused before this happens? Nice of them to finally add an annonymous question block…very much tooo late though!
Look into things more. Macca April 24th, at am I am a teenager who has a formspring account, as do most of my friends. C April 24th, at pm I am 16 years old, and got a formspring account a little while ago.
Kerra Joe April 25th, at pm I disagree with having to shut down form spring, i know that it has a lot drama going on with it…. Colin April 27th, at pm I completely agree with what you said. Lex May 12th, at pm This is my opinon….. Kunal May 14th, at am After reading through much of this thread, i figured i should leave my input.
Dipesh May 14th, at am Im 18 and i personally have formspring, it is a good thing but if the anonymous part is activated it goes to a whole to another level. Why Formspring. Funnnyface May 18th, at pm I have a myspace, youtube, facebook, formspring, a tumblr.. Andrew May 25th, at pm OK……wow.
TheBeatlesBritishGirl June 4th, at pm im a teenager who uses formspring aswell. Sharda June 20th, at pm Im in grade 8 and I have formspring. R July 3rd, at pm Im 14 and I do not have a formspring account myself but many of my friends do. November 24th, at am Have her delete all responses and disable her site. Celine July 12th, at pm Wow, this was quite an interesting read. Danielle July 28th, at pm Some of you commenting on this saying that tweens and teenagers are bullying other classmates and that this website is enabling them.
Margaret August 21st, at pm I loathe formspring with a passion. Jaden August 24th, at pm If u cant take what people cant say to your face dont get a formspring. October 12th, at pm Im 13 and i have answered over questions ; all of them hateful or sexual. November 23rd, at pm Come on parents, get some gumption!
I say keep it up, let us laugh, let us smile, let us be. Oliver James November 30th, at am Over protectiveness if I ever did see it?.
James December 3rd, at pm Right im 16 and I use formspring so do the majority of my friends; some think its stupid and pointless while others such as myself find it interesting and rather amusing. Jodie December 14th, at am I am 12 years old and have Formspring. Amanda December 27th, at pm Formspring is for fun but obviously people say cruel things because of the anonymous feature. Be strong and get it, or dont sign up and dont complain. Ayyana February 3rd, at pm I am a teenager who owns a formspring account.
Ni Le February 4th, at pm I hate formspring, I have one, and I constantly get emails that someone else is calling me an ass or an Emo or an attention whore because I have chronic migraines so I prefer black and other neutrals, and because I wear my eyeliner crazy to follow my personal spirituality. Harrie February 7th, at pm I had a formspring as I am 13, everyone has one.
Toby February 17th, at am How old do you have to be to join formspring? Adam March 1st, at pm I believe another issue is that this kind of anonymous bullying can be done between formspring users about a person who does not have an account.
Fredricka George March 3rd, at pm Im 14 years old. You dad died — you deserve it. I have two parents, what do you have? Teenager2 March 22nd, at pm I have a formspring have had one for some time and if u get Nast or roud comments it is insulting but u get over it and with the nasty comments I have heard so much worse my dome boys at my school even regarding me to my face I just ignore all these comments and there is acoount settings so that u can block people and have ur age and any thing else hidden and I do see the concern of parents but if you take away the iPod theyyle.
Sindi March 25th, at pm Formspring is a horrible site. Tracey McGill April 14th, at pm Something needs to be done about this website, it has been around for quite some time now and whilst anti-bullying campaigns are at their highest, Formspring seems to slip under the raider and rarely gets mentioned, although in my opinion is the most damaging site BY FAR!! April 26th, at am I was lucky, discovered my 15 yr old daughter was on formspring via link on her FaceBook page after only 3 days.
Kristen May 5th, at pm I totally agree with your statement that anonymity nearly always breeds irresponsibility. Terri May 12th, at pm After 4 very long months months watching my 14 year old self destruct, I found her formspring accout.
Another Teen 14 June 18th, at pm I agree with teenager, Formspring, when used by sensible people, can actually be effective and interesting. Kid July 9th, at pm i got a lot of messages recently, munter, attention seeker, pathetic, freak, sad just to name a few. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email required Address never made public. Name required. Subscribe to RSS. Blog at WordPress. Follow Following.
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