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Isn’t Pinterest just a spam / advertising website? Most of the folks I’ve asked have it blocked in unlock/kagi/pihole etc…

mfru 3y ago
it is a nice tool for visual thinkers, also good for creating mood boards.
tim333 3y ago
Lots of people like it. I've noticed female friends like it for interior design / fashion ideas / similar. It's now floated with a $25bn market cap, and 450 million users. According to Wikipedia they had 3,987 employees in 2022 so I guess they've bloated up a bit since 2012.
graphe 3y ago
It is. It aggregstes other content and doesn't add anything of its own besides ads whichbice never seen since I AdBlock, worst thumbnails, and a walled garden for blogs.
- beacon294 3y ago
  Curation and curation tooling both add value, similar to how purifying chemicals or making food adds value. And that isn't the only dimension either
  - graphe 3y ago
    The only reason I know about Pinterest is because it ruined Google images and it destroyed curation on a much better platform.
bratwurst3000 3y ago
If i want to visualize an idea I use it. Mostly interior design and such
qingcharles 3y ago
No, it isn't. I use it significantly, both personally and professionally for my work. It's an exceptionally well-designed tool and there is nothing else right now that comes close. I'm looking forward to them upgrading their AI based on all the recent advances.
wlonkly 3y ago
On one hand, when I don't want to use Pinterest, I too curse how it takes over Google Images results. But on the other hand, when I do want to use it, it's a great scrapbook and recommendation tool -- easy to capture images I find while browsing, and good at figuring out what else I'd like to see related to them on the same theme. A visual notebook with suggestions. Things like: - keep track of the bags I've been thinking about buying so I can see them all at once and find others I missed - pin a bunch of home office photos I like, and then it suggests even more ideas (or garden ideas, or kitchen ideas, or workbench ideas...) - pin all the recipes I've enjoyed making and that I want to make, and get even more suggestions that have the same dietary restrictions - pin some things with a particular vibe -- let's say "motorcycle photos I think are cool" -- and get a better idea of the whole aesthetic or subculture or whatever they're from For better or worse, it is really good at what it does. No argument that it pollutes search results, no argument that there are too many ads in the form of promoted pins, but underlying that, the recommendation algorithm is really useful.

mfru 3y ago

it is a nice tool for visual thinkers, also good for creating mood boards.

tim333 3y ago

Lots of people like it. I've noticed female friends like it for interior design / fashion ideas / similar. It's now floated with a $25bn market cap, and 450 million users. According to Wikipedia they had 3,987 employees in 2022 so I guess they've bloated up a bit since 2012.

graphe 3y ago

It is. It aggregstes other content and doesn't add anything of its own besides ads whichbice never seen since I AdBlock, worst thumbnails, and a walled garden for blogs.

beacon294 3y ago
Curation and curation tooling both add value, similar to how purifying chemicals or making food adds value. And that isn't the only dimension either
- graphe 3y ago
  The only reason I know about Pinterest is because it ruined Google images and it destroyed curation on a much better platform.

bratwurst3000 3y ago

If i want to visualize an idea I use it. Mostly interior design and such

qingcharles 3y ago

No, it isn't. I use it significantly, both personally and professionally for my work. It's an exceptionally well-designed tool and there is nothing else right now that comes close. I'm looking forward to them upgrading their AI based on all the recent advances.

wlonkly 3y ago

On one hand, when I don't want to use Pinterest, I too curse how it takes over Google Images results. But on the other hand, when I do want to use it, it's a great scrapbook and recommendation tool -- easy to capture images I find while browsing, and good at figuring out what else I'd like to see related to them on the same theme. A visual notebook with suggestions. Things like: - keep track of the bags I've been thinking about buying so I can see them all at once and find others I missed - pin a bunch of home office photos I like, and then it suggests even more ideas (or garden ideas, or kitchen ideas, or workbench ideas...) - pin all the recipes I've enjoyed making and that I want to make, and get even more suggestions that have the same dietary restrictions - pin some things with a particular vibe -- let's say "motorcycle photos I think are cool" -- and get a better idea of the whole aesthetic or subculture or whatever they're from For better or worse, it is really good at what it does. No argument that it pollutes search results, no argument that there are too many ads in the form of promoted pins, but underlying that, the recommendation algorithm is really useful.