Another concern raised by some: Pinterest’s terms of use include broad language giving it the right to “sell” and “modify” its member content, creating the potential for future privacy issues.
Why do I feel like this is the online equivalent of a velvet rope in front of a douche-y club? That there is actually plenty of room inside but they are playing a silly game trying to create the illusion of exclusivity/scarcity?
Pinterest, I have already lost interest.
A waiting list! They are growing bigger than their britches.
- Me: Did you see those cinnamon buns I blogged today? Oh, no you didn't...I put it on Pinterest. Heidi Swanson's cinnamon bun recipe!
- CR: Can you make me one of those tomorrow?
- Me: A Pinterest account? Wow, you actually want one?! You can make it yourself with your Facebook...
- CR: No, a cinnamon bun.
Megan West(erby): Social media slang
The growing popularity of Pinterest got me thinking today. So I made up a bit of social media slang for you to insert into your everyday lives. Enjoy.
- Pinterested (adj): I’m kinda pinteresed in that.
- Pinteresting (adj): Your house is very pinteresting.
- Unpinterested (adj):…
Or, about a hottie, “I’d pin that.”
Pinterest Is Tumblr for Ladiez (Gizmodo)
Pinterest has been coming up in conversation a lot lately, and I have found that it is a hard sell to males who don’t have interest in design (CR, for example, who receives my sales pitches daily).
I’ve been on the fence about it satisfying my personal needs since I signed up last summer, but am finding that it really does offer an excellent interface to discover things, and will probably continue to explode in popularity as a result. My biggest complaint is that the posts so far are largely about buying stuff, which is something that I generally try to avoid being tempted to do. Other than buying stuff posts, there are a lot of the random inspirational messages and images that have overrun Tumblr and Facebook that I don’t particularly need more of in my life.
So—so far, I like it for recipe collecting, and that’s about it. What do you think?
