Comments on: Formspring.me Raises $2.5M for Booming Site

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:49:26 +0000

Cyber bullying…? Really? That’s just called the internet, folks. That’s like saying ESPN should take away its “Conversation” tab under every game for people to post live and interact with each other. Stacey, for you to wish a death spiral upon a prospering social networking-esque site is completely irrational and ignorant, and it is clear that you have not put forth much time and thought into this statement. I personally don’t see the point of formspring, and don’t use it, but that doesn’t mean i’m abject to its existence. It’s just another thing to do.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:19:45 +0000

Formspring is basically a site set up for suicide. Cyberbullying has been an issue on Facebook, Mypace, etc. The fact that this site allows anyone to remain anonymous increases the chance of cyberbulling. People are more willing to say/do harmful things when they can’t get in trouble. Formspring makes it easy for kids/teens to get away with this by the simple click of a box that says “remain annonymous.”

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Formspring Got $10 Million in New Funds, RedPoint VC Leads: Tech News « — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:51:55 +0000

[...] Earlier this year Formspring, a San Francisco-based social Q&A startup got tongues wagging when it raised $2.5 million in its Series A funding mostly from top angel investors. The round led by Freestyle Capital turned out to be a coming out party for angel investors who have become a big factor in Silicon Valley’s ecosystem. [...]

By: SSxx

SSxx — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:31:51 +0000

You all commenting are ridiculous. If someone is killing themselves over Formspring haters, there's obviously a lot worse things going on in their lives. If they had confidence and were able to think maturely they wouldn't kill themselves because a couple people were bullying them anonymously, they should have the sense to brush it off or delete the account. If they take things like that this seriously there must me other parts of their life that aren't going well or they have some chemical imbalance in there brain or something.

I think it's a great site and yes, most of the people that use it are in the older set and older teenagers. I see company founders, 20-somethings in just-signed bands wanting to connect with their fans, everything.

I think it's a great idea and I'm happy it's taken off. :)

By: Frothy Times for Web Angel Investing

Frothy Times for Web Angel Investing — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:43:34 +0000

[...] No Comments 0 The startup Formspring.me was just four months old when it closed a $2.5 million angel round of funding last month from 10 name-brand investors, among them angel [...]

By: Stacey

Stacey — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:29:04 +0000

Grant, way to know your demographics, and to answer your question, No- I am not on drugs... I am someone with a lot of contacts and power to put this potential "gem" on a death spiral. "You will know no wrath like a mother's revenge". Your idiot founders, your journalists (sure, they are really lining up), investors (seriously?) and your 20-somethings (what 20 year-old would be interested in this crap?) will all see thru this shortly. Call it form-sprung, your wad will be blown shortly. 2.5 M won't even cover your liability premium..

By: grant

grant — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:35:21 +0000

I missed your reply. Where did you get the stats from: 12 to 14 years old? I see plenty of founders, journalists, investors, or normal 20 something who want a fan base. Are you on drugs?

By: lucy

lucy — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:54:30 +0000

it already has, i tried postin a link from daily news , it didnt work, but go into daily news , beautiful girl in my neighborhood, all the kids are in turmoil, tryin to ban formspring, even they dont want it, its so crazy, we as parents have enough to worry about with peer pressure, but to bring them to suicide..help them God with sites like this to throw them into the fire, shame on you John Weschler, President of this denomic site you have goin on for these kids, put your kids on that, see the abuse they will get...Ban Formspring.me

By: lucy

lucy — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:39:01 +0000

its all about the money, another teen has commited suicide because all the evil and harsh words they get from other users, they fall into a depression, this beautiful 17 yr old soccer star who was headed to Yale has taken her life this week, and formspring.me was a big part in it, there were other similiar cases as well, because they are animinous they speak vicously...There is a petition goin around started by a group of teens who very much loved thier friend, schoolmate, teammate, sister, daughter etc....these childrens lives were worth more then that 2.5 million dollars, They have my vote BAN FORMSPRING .ME

By: Stacey

Stacey — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:40:08 +0000

You are right about the deadly part Grant. Most of the users are 12-14 year old kids that use this site to spew hate because they don't have the social skills to effectively communicate with their peers. All it takes is one kid that can't cope and it's suddenly every parent's worst nightmare. A real gem, are you for real? Facebook- amazing, this p.o.s website is a disaster waiting to happen

By: Stacey

Stacey — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:34:40 +0000

Contributes to cyber-bullying... just waiting to see the lawsuits when some poor adolescent with low self-esteem feels humiliated and ends their life. There is absolutely NO inherent value in a site like this. A chance to comment anonymously... sure, but who ever says anything positive when they are sure that their identity won't be disclosed. Really.. who are you kidding????

By: grant

grant — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:13:16 +0000

I completely missed this gem, its growth rate resembles chatroulette. Deadly simple, deadly social. I see some celebrity level, C level users spend so much time on it, it's unreal. Hats off to formspring team to pull this one off!

By: George

George — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:00:45 +0000

Similar to http://www.rexpon.com developed in Latin America

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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:06:56 +0000

[...] Formspring.me Raises $2.5M for Booming Site Formspring.me, the fascinatingly simple and popular personal Q&A site, has raised $2.5 million from a top-shelf list of angel investors: Baseline Ventures, Freestyle Capital, SV Angels, Maples Investments, Chris Sacca, Dave Morin and Kevin Rose. The site, which launched exactly 113 days ago, as Formspring.me President John Wechsler tells us, has had 50 million unique visitors in the last 30 days and facilitated the answering of more than 300 million total questions. GigaOm [...]

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FormSpring : User Generated dan Anonimitas | DailySocial — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:02:15 +0000

[...] tersebut sukses dibungkam dengan makin populernya layanan FormSpring.me ini. Terbukti dengan dikucurkannya dana USD$ 2.2 juta, investasi dari angel investor untuk FormSpring.me. Angel investornya pun bisa [...]

By: Christian Rieger » Formspring.me erhält 2,5 Million Dollar Venture Capital

Christian Rieger » Formspring.me erhält 2,5 Million Dollar Venture Capital — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:32:17 +0000

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