On March 12, 2010, a hoax news article saying that the creators planned to reveal personal information about their users spread on Twitter and other social networking sites.<ref>http://www.inquisitr.com/66425/formspring-to-reveal-users-private-data/</ref>
On March 22, 2010, Alexis Pilkington, a 17-year-old West Islip, NY High School graduate committed suicide,<ref>http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/family-friends-shocked-at-cyberposts-after-teen-s-death-1.1827393</ref>purportedly after dozens of insulting comments about her had been posted on formspring.me in the days leading up to her decision. Soon after, a local grassroots boycott of the formspring.me site began.<ref>http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/after-teen-s-death-3-800-pledge-web-site-boycott-1.1829354</ref>
