to boycott Pinterest because they won't let me browse?!

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

I find it really annoying!

But at the same time, I'm dying to know what I'm missing

Can you describe it to me? What happens over there? Can you have nice chats with people?

[lljkk]

Neah, I'm with you. too much faff to ever get onto Pinterest.

[TrollTheRespawnJeremy]

It's not really a talk board. It's just images.

[INXS]

YANBU!

[AlpacaPicnic]

No, you don't chat. There is a message function but I hardly use it. I just use it for collecting recipes that I'll never bake home decor ideas, and what I call my 'cheer up' boards which are just collections of fluffy animals, kittens and alpacas mostly.
Just sign up! You can always cancel if you decide it's not for you...

[GloGirl]

It's not really a community. It's like a glossy magazine so you can flick through and "pin" images onto something like a designer's mood board.

I love it and have lots of boards with lots of pins.

[GloGirl]

Like this but it's easy to scroll and see lots of lots of similar types on various subjects

[FelixtheMouse]

It's a picture book with a message function and s lot of faff to get into. I've given up on it. You can find most of what's there using google.

[LadyOfTheCanyon]

'Browsing' on Pinterest is just searching though, isn't it? Or have I been doing it wrong?
You put 'kittens' in the search bar and Bingo!

[highinthesky]

I use P'Interest like an online scrapbook.

I have to say I find the app v awkward though.

[SwedishEdith]

It's just for my alternative fantasy life really - unattainable hairstyles and rooms, mostly.

[Ameliablue]

It's a bit annoying that you have to sign in but I do find it really useful. It's a great way to collect and share ideas.

[fruitlovingmonkey]

It's a bit buggy sometimes but a really good way of saving things I find around the web. So much better than bookmarks (I never get around to organising them and end up with an inconveniently long list).

[clairethewitch70]

Pinterest is an online scrapbook. You collect ideas online and pin them onto a relevant board so they are easy to find. I don't use it to chat even though I have more than 27,300 followers and hundreds of boards (can you tell I am addicted to Pinterest?)

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

LadyoftheCanyon - but you can't browse Pinterest unless you are signed up.

Quite often something on Google images will take me to Pinterest and I start to have a look around and then three quarters of the screen goes black and I can't see any more if I don't sign up!

Fuck 'em.

[SleepFreeZone]

Totally agree.

[Crunchymum]

Auch, I quite like Pinterest..... I don't even have FB

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

I missed that ...you can have followers on Pinterest! Wow. What do they follow you for?

[GloGirl]

You can follow a person so everything they pin shows up in your home page, like Facebook's homepage but Pinterest also show you things they think you'd like. You can choose just to follow specific boards rather than a person.