On Pinterest…

by Angel

I’ve been on Pinterest for a while having discovered it via a couple of the wedding photographers I know. I have 28 boards and almost 3700 pins…

And I can stop any time I want!!

*snigger*

Pinterest is fast becoming the “in thing” with more and more people talking about it, and it seems its generating more web traffic than Google in some cases! My own boards cover all sorts of things like recipes, wedding dresses, wedding cakes, wedding favours, impressive baked goods, inspirational photography, funny things that caught my eye, my love of dragons and strawberries, I even made a board with my birthday wishlist! And one for shoes. And my dream house.

And as I think I have said before- my Pinterest boards have replaced my internet bookmarks- or favourites- because it is so much easier to find something when I have a picture in my mind!

How Pinterest works is you pin things from other people’s boards as well as things you find whilst surfing the web, and in all honesty- there’s nothing that frustrates me more than finding something divine that I would like to pin and it either has no URL linked to it, or it goes back to a bloody Google Image search! I don’t get why people have whole boards dedicated to movie stars or kittens… IMHO thats not what Pinterest is for and it belongs on Facebook, but at least I can unfollow a board on Pinterest and I don’t have to see it.

On Pinterest you can find their Pin Etiquette page where they give you guidelines to use when pinning things to your boards, like crediting it correctly and being polite, and I would like to add a couple of my own:

  • Please do not copy the whole recipe (or whatever) with the image, the point of the pin is to encourage people to go to the original blog. And I see they now limit the comment space to 500 characters so that will help with this little annoyance.
  • Please include the original link and credit it properly, don’t pin something from an image search
  • Please describe your pin! I want to know why you pinned it- I’m nosy that way.

So. Are you hooked in pinning yet?

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8 comments

1 Julia { 02.16.12 at 21:00 }

Oh yeah! Also hate when there is no link.
Julia´s last post [type] ..Adoption

2 Cat@jugglingact { 02.16.12 at 21:02 }

I just joined today and lo and behold, my first architecture search brought up one of your pins and I love the house.
Cat@jugglingact´s last post [type] ..You can stay in the car….

3 anib { 02.16.12 at 21:41 }

all well and good.. but i dont understand why people dont link to their profiles when they talk about pinterest. always interested in seeing new things. here’s mine: http://pinterest.com/anib79/

4 Angel { 02.16.12 at 22:07 }

LOL! Sorry anib, I didn’t deliberately leave out the link to my profile!
:P

5 acidicice { 02.17.12 at 07:46 }

Totally hooked! :)
acidicice´s last post [type] ..Rings and chocolate

6 blackhuff { 02.17.12 at 12:19 }

Oh yes! I am hooked on Pinterest.
blackhuff´s last post [type] ..My son – my pride

7 C { 02.18.12 at 10:14 }

I think it’s a waste of time and silly, I really don’t see the attraction to it, just my personal point of view, I mean no offense to you ladies but I really don’t get it.

8 Alet { 02.20.12 at 07:15 }

Love pinterest, and I happened to find your boards the weekend! Awesome!