Ask.fm - A twelvies paradise

Ask.fm, personally for me, was an annoying trend. Let me paint you a picture of what it was like. You'd be on Facebook scrolling through your news feed, checking out the latest news in sports or whatever, thinking “ooo that’s cool” then all of a sudden half of your friends are saying “ask me anything lol” then linking you to a website. It was a sad time for humanity. Once on this website I was given the choice to either sign up or ask my friend a question anonymously. Of course, my trolling instincts took over and I chose to ask a number of stupid questions anonymously just for a laugh. After hitting enter and having a chuckle, I sat there waiting for a response… a few minutes went by and then I got the “who are you?? Get lost” reply for one of my questions and the rest were deleted *sadface*. In a nutshell this was Ask.fm. Ask.fm was extremely similar to the once popular ‘Formspring’ or ‘Spring.me’ as it is known now. From the beginning Ask.fm, wasn’t anything new, it was just trying to get its 15 minutes of fame. From the beginning I could see this website just screaming out ‘stranger danger’ imagine finding out your child has been answering questions by either complete randoms or friends, relating to what they like, when their birthday is, who their best friends are, where they live etc. For me ask.fm was an all time low. But with that being said you could always find a witty answer to a stupid question.

An example of a Ask.fm

• Ask.fm had a short life span, it was alright for a laugh, but thankfully my news feed is ask.fm free.

- D.L