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post Tue 1st June 2010, 10:55pm
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QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Tue 1st June 2010, 3:22pm) *

. . . (unless he has some special relationship with formspring that isn't disclosed). . . .

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post Tue 1st June 2010, 11:28pm
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Formspring.me was founded by Ade Olonoh. He raised $2.5 million last year and moved to San Francisco this spring. Before founding the predecessor company formspring.com, Ade worked for the Indianapolis Star.
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post Wed 2nd June 2010, 12:41am
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QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Tue 1st June 2010, 8:22pm) *

So my question (which I will not be asking on formspring) is, why is Jimmy Wales doing this?


"The site itself appears to be unhelpful when dealing with abuse."
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post Wed 2nd June 2010, 1:40am
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QUOTE(anthony @ Wed 2nd June 2010, 12:41am) *

QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Tue 1st June 2010, 8:22pm) *

So my question (which I will not be asking on formspring) is, why is Jimmy Wales doing this?


"The site itself appears to be unhelpful when dealing with abuse."


There's a long list of parents complaining that their kids are being impersonated and cyber-bullied on mindspring.me here.
http://formspringme.zendesk.com/entries/113007-abuse-issue

This seems like just the sort of thing that Jimbo and Andrea were campaigning against at Civilination.

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post Wed 2nd June 2010, 2:49am
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I think I've got it...

"The new company, formspring.me, is looking for space in the SOMA neighborhood..."

I understand that Wikia, Inc. had a bit of extra space that the Wikimedia Usability/Stanton Fund team recently vacated. I'll bet you a dollar to doughnuts that at least a couple of Formspring developers are tapping away in Wikia's back room.
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post Wed 2nd June 2010, 9:34am
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Now censored by flckr.com and who else ... ???
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Why do you call schools?

We're tasked with contacting ISPs about abuse. If abuse comes from a school, they will be contacted.

So they don't mind targeting school kids, with their porn laden and abusive environment ... but it one bites back they snitch to their school!?!

Ditto ... wikipedia @formspring.me

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post Wed 2nd June 2010, 2:35pm
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QUOTE(Cock-up-over-conspiracy @ Wed 2nd June 2010, 5:34am) *

Ditto ... wikipedia @formspring.me


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post Mon 7th June 2010, 1:33pm
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post Mon 7th June 2010, 1:35pm
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A more meaningful question would be to ask him if he ever directs, cajoles, or otherwise requests others to edit it for him.
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post Tue 15th February 2011, 4:00pm
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Looks like the bloom is off the Formspring rose.
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