Formspring / Spring.me
Formspring turned anonymous questions into a viral social profile, escaped a 2013 shutdown at the last minute, then vanished two years later into another social network.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A formally released question-and-answer social network first called Formspring.me and later renamed Spring.me.
Users invited named or anonymous questions and published answers to personal profile pages shared across other networks.
Existence timeline
Anonymous questions attach to public profiles.
The service spreads through Facebook and Tumblr.
The network seeks a broader identity.
Users receive time to export answers.
New management keeps the network online and prepares a new identity.
The service continues under its new name.
The independent question-and-answer network disappears.
Why it ended
A 2013 shutdown was averted by new ownership, but the renamed Spring.me service was ultimately redirected into the dating network Twoo in August 2015.
Last confirmed trace
Archived profiles, screenshots, contemporary reporting and exported data preserve the vanished question streams.
What it left behind
Formspring foreshadowed recurring cycles of anonymous social apps and the safety problems built into their growth.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.