Formspring. What a lovely idea. 'Oh, people can anonymously ask me questions!'. With little hesitancy, I made an account on http://www.formspring.me/ a few months ago. I was one of the naive few thinking the worst I would get would be a few personal questions. 231 'questions' later, and I'm astonished at my naivety.
Yes, at first, questions were slightly offensive and rude. Some of them were interesting, I think simply because people had never really seen a formspring before and thought that somehow, in some way, I could find out who was writing on it.
"will you give rob trotter a cheeky footjob?
"how much for a standard fuck?"
"I heard you love flange sandwich's...also, if you're a vegetarian does that mean you can't munch on a cock, coz it's meat?"
Formspring is a prime medium for asking people weird, intrusive and creepy questions. The fact you can ask anything without the recipient knowing who you are opens up endless dimensions of possibility; should you creep them out, ask a genuine question, or offend them with abuse? The latter appears to be the most popular. Of all the people's pages I have visited, it appears the 'better known' you are, the more people are likely to call you a 'dirty slut' or perhaps ask you something charming like if they can 'stick it in you'.
"You have a jew nose :) along with peter nikolson"
"why do you think you're so amazing? When really you're pathetic"
"is it true you dreamt of phillipe bosher naked riding a horse through your bedroom window?"
The funny thing about Formspring is that it's a bit like blindfolding yourself and letting anyone you know say whatever they want to you. Whether this is hurling abuse, or interrogating your most intimate of business, they can pretty much say to you what ever takes their fancy. On the other end of the spectrum, there's those who choose to gruellingly compliment others through Formspring. Take my friend Ben - he's 17-year-old handsome fellow who plays bass in a band, who happen to have an adoring following of desperate 14-year-old girls. So when Ben gets a Formspring, he of course recieves lashings of bumlickery from these little darlings."How young would you consider dating?"
"kinda have a crush on you :("
"youre that cute blonde bassist from aty arent yoou? (:"
Above are a collection of some of the cringiest 'questions' on his profile. But even worse than this are the girls who try and have an entire conversation with him in anonymity. 'I like you but you don't like me bk :( :(' or 'Would you consider adding me on Facebook if you don't know me?' are typical questions which then get dragged out into conversations. Do these girls honestly think this will get them anywhere? Will he magically fall in love with their anonymous mystique?
CH: Oh Ben, I saw you've got a new girlfriend, where did you meet her?
BS: Oh you know, on Formspring.
THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
"why do you like to publicly humiliate people? Thats why people think you're a bitch by the way."
"If you want my honest opinion of you, this is it: you're mostly nice, prettier with blonde hair, funny. But sometimes you're just a twat: you're not honest with people, i never knew where i was with you, bit pretentious and you let your anger out too much"
"why are you so mean, you think you so superior to everyone else and always try to embarrass people and it's really nasty and rude and i dont like you one bit!"
My favirote Formsprings to receive are those that attempt some form of psycho-analysis. I know some people are upset by this kind, but if I am honest they just make me laugh. Pretentious? Superior? I'd like to think of how I act superior. I can't really recall striding around college in a cloak, kicking over common people and sneering at them. Nor do I remember any particular public humiliation, other than occasionally tripping someone up and laughing for days about it.
"You are on of the gammyest girls ever!"
"You have a great need for other people to like and admire you. You have a tendency to be critical of yourself. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure inside. Sound about right? "
"Would you rather run down your road naked shaking marracas with a sombrero and a strap on, or you fake tan yourself orange, dye your hair peroxide blonde and wear foundation on your lips for a month? :O "
So here's my advice on the Formspring front: if you're not afraid of hearing people's 'honest opinions' of you, in other words the worst they can think of to say about you, then go for it. Make your account. But if you take people's words to heart, I would strongly not advise you to jumping on the FS bandwagon. No matter how many good friends you are, or how much of a lovely person you are, someone out there will always have something against you. And that tempting little 'Ask' box gives them the perfect outlet to express their dislike; if you don't want to hear it, don't give them the chance.
Then again, you might not want to take my advice. I guess I'm just too 'superior' for Formspring.
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