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

18 replies

bibbitybobbityyhat · 12/03/2017 20:51

I find it really annoying!

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

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

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lljkk · 12/03/2017 20:53

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

TrollTheRespawnJeremy · 12/03/2017 20:54

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

INXS · 12/03/2017 20:54

YANBU!

AlpacaPicnic · 12/03/2017 20:55

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 · 12/03/2017 20:56

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 · 12/03/2017 20:58

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

to boycott Pinterest because they won't let me browse?!
FelixtheMouse · 12/03/2017 20:59

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 · 12/03/2017 20:59

'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 · 12/03/2017 21:01

I use P'Interest like an online scrapbook.

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

SwedishEdith · 12/03/2017 21:05

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

Ameliablue · 12/03/2017 21:06

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 · 12/03/2017 21:09

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 · 12/03/2017 21:10

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 · 12/03/2017 22:00

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.

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SleepFreeZone · 12/03/2017 22:06

Totally agree.

Crunchymum · 12/03/2017 22:42

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

bibbitybobbityyhat · 13/03/2017 00:04

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

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GloGirl · 13/03/2017 08:15

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.

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