Bring Conversation Back to Social Media with Formspring.me

 Today’s post is from guest author Erica Dobson. Erica is a marketing specialist with Formspring.

Ask anyone what their favorite social networking site is and you will probably hear Facebook or Twitter.  You can now add a new one to that list!  Indianapolis-based FormSpring recently built a question and answer site for the social web called formspring.me.

We noticed many of our Free FormSpring.com users were creating simple question boxes and using them with their social networks.  We knew that we could provide a simpler and more fun app for that purpose and so we decided to create formspring.me.  Formspring.me engages people in conversation in a question and answer format – ultimately bringing people closer together.

The process?  Simple! All you have to do is sign up for an account, follow people you know, and start asking them questions.  You can choose to ask your questions anonymously or include your username.  All of the fun comes in when other people ask you questions.  You can set up your answers to automatically publish to your blog, Facebook, Tumblr, or Twitter accounts.  Of course, if you decide you don’t want to answer a question someone asked you all you have to do is delete it. 

Finding people you know on formspring.me is simple.  You can search for your friends by email, name, Facebook or Twitter.    Still undecided if this site is for you?  Many people around the world are hopping on the train, what are you waiting for?  Give it a try!  Oh, and while you are at it – ask me anything!