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To think this is an easy way to bully or be bullied??

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GypsyMoth · 07/07/2010 00:32

I'm quite shocked!!

Facebook has 'formspring' where basically you are anonymous. And you can say what you like to the person, they may or may not reply!

on dd's friends list there is a girl taking a slating for her medical condition, a girl who has been told she looked rough at last weeks prom......on it goes!!

Dd was upset someone commented she can sometimes wear a touch too much make up, but I fear for her if someone remarks on any other aspect of her looks!! She's 16. The boys were mainly messing, but some bad racist and disablist comments on some

and alot of sexual stuff!

I don't know much about it, but it seems just a way to bully.

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TheButterflyEffect · 07/07/2010 00:52

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GypsyMoth · 07/07/2010 00:58

I don't honestly know! It's def linked to facebook..... Not all the kids have it, but there's a link to follow for those who have. If there's a 'report post ' facility, which I doubt, but if there was, I'd say 90% of what I saw should be moderated!

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Dinkytinky · 07/07/2010 01:09

Hi! You have to join it and then invite others to make comments about you based on a question or be asked questions etc. It's a horrible horrible game, my friends in their late twenties have also been picked apart on it. Your dd is best just deleting it.

rhirhirhirirhi · 07/07/2010 08:54

Nobody is making your daughter or any other users continue having it. Quite why people bother signing up to it I don't know, but I'm positive that the people I know using it are simply fishing for compliments. If that's a person's motivation and they end up being slated (as is common with anonymous postings) then they can't really complain. It's full of creepy men perving over very young girls, and (depending on how old your daughter is) I would monitor her use of it. sense it's the kind of thing that could really end in tears.

GypsyMoth · 07/07/2010 09:09

yes,i see now its not used by everyone,its an app. but most of the teens have it,i'm guessing due to pressure from friends

ok for the confident ones,my dd is 16. its just some of her friends who use it are paranoid enough over little things,this could really do damage. its a horrible app.

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PrivetDancer · 07/07/2010 11:32

It's not really a facebook thing - it's a complete separate site, that happens to have a facebook version too. You can't blame this on facebook!

MichaelBublesPillow · 07/07/2010 12:02

Its separate to Facebook and you have to sign up and ASK to be "formspringed" - if you cant handle the questions........don't sign up! SIMPLE!

Firawla · 07/07/2010 13:20

i know adults who have been upset by comments on it, i would see if you can persuade dd to get rid of it, its not really a good idea

GypsyMoth · 07/07/2010 14:28

yes,i have calmed down now from last night!!

i saw a free for all with the comments. i also see the actual question,such as 'do you think *** would ever rob a bank' type stuff,then they get an answer.....but i also saw a free for all saying horrible things

will speak to dd about hers,which is fairly tame,but some of the girls from her school,WOW!! the bitchiness

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