@sk Jamie Varon: What is the Point of Formspring?

​ Dear Jamie,

I've been noticing that a lot of people are using this Formspring website. I've been thinking of starting one since everyone else is starting to incorporate it into their websites. What's the point of it and does it have any value at all?

Sincerely,

Questioning

Dear Questioning,

From what I understand, Formspring is a way for your audience to ask you mundane questions about your favorite foods and the things you like to do in bed from time to time. And, since the questions can be asked anonymously, the assholes of the Internet come out and start asking questions like, "How many people u slept wit?" and "Wuld u ever try anal?" And, at this point, you start to think, "Well, shit, if he would have left his ACTUAL name, maybe I would have tried anal with him" which is sort of like how guys honk at women while in their cars, but they never stop long enough to see if we'd be desperate enough to go home with them. Sort of like that.

People can also use Formspring in order to post extremely annoying links to the questions they've answered on Twitter. This is an example from one of my personal favorite Twitter accounts: @iteachbjs :

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This is an incoherent tweet. It's not Abby's fault and it's definitely no fault of blow jobs, but it is the fault of people who use Formspring and auto-post their answers to Twitter. Have some common sense if you're going to use this service, Questioning. Don't be a fool and post answers to your questions on Twitter that could potentially give intelligent people seizures. You don't want that on your conscience, believe me.

However, if you really are interested in exploring Formspring more, you should sign up, ask for questions and then answer them publicly. It could, despite the initial annoyances, provide some interesting material for people to explore your personality (or, you know, your sex habits) further. Just please, for the love of god, stop posting your answers to Twitter in a format that is going to make people's heads explode. And, one last thing, seriously, would you try anal? What!? WHAT.

Sincerely,

Jamie Follow us on Twitter at @jamievaron and @sfweekly. Submit your own question to Jamie here.