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'''Formspring''' is an [[Website builder|Online Form Builder]] and [[Internet hosting service]], which enables users to create online forms such as surveys, contact forms, or event registrations. InOn lateNovember 25, 2009, they launched '''Formspring.Me''', a social media site where users can ask each other anonymous questions. Formspring.Me, which links to [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]], became a craze in early 2010.<ref>http://www.bcheights.com/features/editor-s-corner-ask-me-anything-1.1167746</ref><ref>http://thesocialrobot.com/2010/02/formspring-me-overshare-without-the-embarrassment/</ref><ref>http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/04/formspring-ask-me-anything/</ref> In response to its sudden popularity, [[microblogging]] site [[Tumblr]] launched a nearly-identical service called "Ask Me".<ref>http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/06/tumblr-formspring/</ref>

Formspring.Me has garnered some controversy, especially among teenagers, for opening the door for harassment, due to the anonymity of the entries.<ref>http://media.www.uctangerine.com/media/storage/paper815/news/2010/02/26/Entertainment/Formspring.Sparks.Curiosity.Caution-3879960.shtml</ref> A fight between several students at a [[Central Dauphin East High School|Harrisburg, Pennsylvania High School]], which started after an argument over Formspring.Me, garnered some media attention in February 2010.<ref>http://www.whtm.com/news/stories/0210/707982.html</ref>