Formspring
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Type of site
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Social Q&A website |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Ade Olonoh |
| Key people | Ade Olonoh |
| Industry | Social networking service |
| Website | www |
| Alexa rank |
 22,482 (June 2015[update]) |
| Registration | Required to post responses and questions |
| Launched | November 1, 2009 |
| Current status | Defunct, URL redirects to Twoo |
Spring.me was a social networking service. Until a rebranding in 2013, it was known as Formspring, a question-and-answer-based social network launched in 2009 by Ade Olonoh, the founder of online form builder Formstack.
As of August 1, 2015, the website has become a portal of Twoo; Humor Rainbow Inc does not disclose whether the original contents still exist.
Formspring was launched in Indianapolis in November 2009 by the founder of online form builder Formstack, Ade Olonoh. He noticed that most of their users were using the service to create "ask me anything" forms and decided to launch a separate site to make this easier. At launch, Formspring was referred to by its full URL, formspring.me, to distinguish it from Formstack, which was at that time also called Formspring.com. Formspring.me gained 1 million registered users in its first 45 days, so the original Formspring website was renamed to avoid confusion between the two sites.
Formspring was soon spun off into a separate company and moved to San Francisco, California. Due to its sudden popularity, a number of websites quickly implemented similar features, such as ASKfm, Tumblr, and MyYearbook's "Ask Me" services. On June 3, 2010, Formspring launched a major redesign, overhauling every aspect of the website.
In response to its growth, Formspring received a $2.5 million series seed round of funding from a large group of angel investors, including SV Angel, Lowercase Capital, Kevin Rose, and Dave Morin. In January 2011, it received an additional $11.5 million series A round of funding from Redpoint Ventures and Baseline Ventures. To further guide the site's growth and explore revenue streams for the company, Formspring named Rogelio (Ro) Choy as COO in April 2011. On June 28, 2011, Formspring announced that its 25 millionth user had signed up.
In June 2011, Formspring launched features for celebrities to better communicate with their fans, including verified accounts. Celebrity Formspring users could be found on the site’s “Formspring Favorites” section, which categorized verified users by music, comedy and various entertainment verticals. In November 2011, Formspring launched a media partnership program, partnering for the first time with media outlets including MTV, Hearst, Funny or Die and The Huffington Post.
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