Honesty? More Like Insult

So I have a little something about which to rant. Why are people fascinated with formspring.me and with the Honesty Box? The idea behind these applications, as you may or may not know, is that they are an anonymous way for people to ask or answer questions about you. In other words, they invite people who would never insult you to your face to do it surreptitiously over the internet. I suppose these things could be used for good, although I'm not sure how...amusement, maybe. But more often than not, they become vessels for insult. I'll never forget my own brief stint with Honesty Box. I received plenty of responses to the silly little questions I asked, and generally, they were not nice. Not at all nice. So I deleted the Honesty Box. As a matter of fact, most of my friends came to the same conclusion and deleted theirs. This was about six months ago. It seems everyone has forgotten, as now the trend of getting a formspring.me account is sweeping through my friends like proverbial wildfire. Do yourselves a favor, dear readers, and just don't. Resist the temptation to encourage people to lower your self-esteem.