2.
Ask.fm:
Ask.fm is a Latvia-based social networking website where
users can ask other users questions, with the option of
anonymity. The site was launched on June 16, 2010. Founded
as a rival to Formspring, it has since overtaken the latter in
terms of worldwide traffic generated.
4.
History:
Ask.fm was created in June 2010 by The service rapidly
gained worldwide popularity, with 80 million registered users
in 2013, who post 30 million questions and answers per
day.Ask.fm is now one of the 200 most visited websites in the
world.
5. Growth:
The company experienced rapid growth. It had 5 million
registered users in April 2012. This grew to 10 million
users in July 2012, who were making 15 million new
answers[disambiguation needed] per day. At this point
Ask.fm claimed to have overtaken Formspring with 37
million monthly unique visitors versus Formspring’s 20
million monthly unique visitors. In October 2012, Ask.fm
reached 20 million registered users. By April 2013, the
company recorded over 50 million registered users. As
of August 2013, number of registered users soared to
70 million. More than 30 million questions and answers
were created daily.
6.
Features:
In April 2011 video answer feature was introduced on Ask.fm,
enabling users to record video using a webcam and post an
answer to the question. In May 2011 Ask.fm introduced a new
feature, providing users with an opportunity to tag other users
by putting @ symbol followed by the username. In December
2011 the privacy settings, including the function to disable
anonymous questions were introduced. Later that month,
Popular! feature was added, allowing users to discover new
interesting people to follow. In June 2013 both iPhone and
Android applications were released.
