Do You Have to Have a Twitter or Facebook to Make a Formspring Account?
Many websites enable you to bypass the formal account-registration process by using your Facebook or Twitter login credentials instead. This method has an advantage -- namely, you have one less password to remember -- but most sites still offer a traditional registration option for people who don't use Facebook and Twitter. Fortunately, the question-and-answer site Formspring is one of them.
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Alternative Signup
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To sign up for Formspring without a Twitter or Facebook account, go to the Formspring homepage and click "Sign up and find friends." Pick a username and password and supply your email address and birthday, then click "Continue" to finish the sign-up process.
Sharing
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Although having a Twitter or Facebook account makes sharing your Formspring presence with your friends easier, you can find other ways to get people to ask you questions. You can email the link to your Formspring page to your friends or write a post about it on your blog if you have one.
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Precautions
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Formspring has been singled out as a possible aid to cyberbullying due to its anonymous nature. Although being asked questions can be fun, some users take advantage of their anonymity to harass acquaintances -- or even strangers -- through their Formspring accounts. If cyberbullying is a problem for you or others you know, think twice before starting a Formspring account or customize your account settings to limit users' ability to ask questions without supplying identifying information.
Alternatives
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If you like the question-and-answer format of Formspring and want to branch out into other sites, you have plenty of alternatives. Ask.fm offers a similar format to Formspring. If group discussions are your thing, check out Quora, a Q&A site that allows multiple users to answer publicly posted questions on a variety of topics. If you have a Tumblr account, the "Ask" feature allows users to ask you a question either anonymously or with their own Tumblr usernames.
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