so, yesterday on twitter i learned about formspring.me.

it’s a new spin on micro-blogging/social networking, where you ask people questions and then they determine whether they will answer them or not.

here’s how they put it:

Send and receive anonymous questions, and learn more about people you find interesting by following their answers.

i think it’s a smashing idea.

now, i will say that i think that the name/url of ‘formspring’ is going to cause them problems.

i mean…what does that even mean?

perhaps they feel they make up for it because it ends in [dot]me…but…if i was them i’d be looking into new branding.

that said, i like the concept a lot. it takes a portion of what we like about social networking and focuses on one task: questions. it also takes the interactivity ‘pressure’ off since the whole point is for one person to come with questions and the other to come with answers.

this seems like a great avenue for more prominent folks like bands or artists or politicians who already use twitter/facebook/websites well and desire a good back-and-forth with their fans.

then again, it seems like just a fun thing for regular people (like us) to do. yeah?

so, all that to say: i signed up. and i’d love to answer some questions. and if you sign up, i’ll ask you stuff too.

let the sharing begin!

 

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internettings | January 14th, 2010