Since April 2009, a new kind of social network, Formspring, has turned cyberbullying into an art form.
Formspring is a public profile that allows anyone to ask anonymous questions without fear of confrontation.
Innocent enough.
But as the website boomed in popularity on my school’s campus, I began to see the toll Formspring had taken on my classmates. Confusion. Stress. Depression. Break-ups. All because of what someone asked them the night before on Formspring. So much negativity suggests an obvious question: Why would anyone want a Formspring?
To find out, I pledged to create an account, answer as many questions as I could (as honestly as I could) and cancel the service exactly 14 days later.