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	“	I would love to see it shut down. I don't want to go and see another child has killed themselves because of bullying on ask.	„
	—Lorraine Gallagher, The Huffington Post UK

Ask me a question

ask.fm is the new Formspring amongst the attention whores of today. It allows people to anonymously ask you questions ranging from your favorite color to whether they'd give out 5 dollar blowjobs. It's major demographics are attention-seeking 12 year old girls, trolls, cyberbullys and bored nerds desperate to get e-laid. Every answer posted on Ask.fm is public, and you also have the option to post answered questions to Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr.

Not only is every answered question publicly available for all to enjoy, but it is completely anonymous to the people doing the asking. Which of course means at least 100 teenage girls have been asked to drink bleach, posts tit pics or jerk off some 40 year old loser living with his parents via the internet. It is thus of course unsurprising that the site has caused much butthurt and lulz to the online community

Typical q&a.

Harassment

The website really doesn't have a harassment policy because it was made for harassment. That said, after some high-profile suicides, next to every answer and profile, there are options to report and block users. Of course, no-one on the internet ever bypasses these by using a proxy and deleting their cookies.

That being said, hanging yourself is always the best option.

Suicides

As of 11th September 2013 9 suicides have taken place as a result of harassment on ask.fm, gg.

	“	A source at the Sun, which on Wednesday described ask.fm as a "suicide site", told the BBC it would cancel the advertising package which saw an advert for the paper's new online service appear on the site. It had said the men behind ask.fm were "troll kings" on its front page.	„
	— BBC

Hannah Smith

Did it fgt.

Hannah Smith, an English attention seeker, was fed up with all the hate she was receiving on her Ask.fm, so she decided to kill herself. Her parents called for greater regulation of the site or it's complete shutdown. It was later revealed that she sent herself at least 100 of the messages thought to have contributed to her suicide.

Ciara Pugsley

15 year old girl that committed suicide in September 2012, before doing so she was reportedly asked “Whats been up with u” to which she famously replied:

	“	U’ll see soon!	„

Erin Gallagher

13 year old girl from Ireland who killed herself after being called fat. In an attempt to curb cyberbullying in the lead up she promised she would kill herself if the abuse continued, thinking the abuse would stop. Final posts described how she was going to hang herself.

External links

• Ask.fm advertisers to quit site in cyberbullying row. • BBC News - 08/08/13

See also

• Formspring
• Yahoo Answers