Ask.fm has become one of most popular things to do on twitter.
What it does is it lets people make anonymous accounts to ask people questions.
The website then tweets out the question and the user’s response with it. While
this may seem like a fun thing to do with friends, it can get out of control
and the use of not knowing the names of the askers may cause bullying to spike.
Many of
times, I have gotten on to twitter and watched my feed spit out a few dozen ask.fm’s.
Many of these are pretty funny and enjoyable, but every time I see 10 new ones,
I see at least 2 bad ones. With the animosity of the website, it makes it easier
to bully fellow students without fear of repercussion. Since people don’t know
who you are, you can bully people by asking them mean questions or putting
others down.
While the
majority of ask.fm can be quite fun and enjoyable, making it easier to get to
know people, there’s always people who bully others and ruin it for everyone else.
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