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Part of that is just gender. Pinterest is aimed almost exclusively at women. You haven't heard of it because you're a dude and it's not marketed to you or your
by amyjess 12y ago
Part of that is just gender.
Pinterest is aimed almost exclusively at women. You haven't heard of it because you're a dude and it's not marketed to you or your friends.
Hell, I'm enough of a tomboy that I don't really use it. I looked at it a year and a half ago when I first started transitioning to female because I heard that girls are supposed to like it, and I never got into it because it was all about fashion and shit that I have no interest in.
(OK, I did start getting into it in the last week or so... but I've mostly kept to the '80s/'90s nostalgia boards, which seems to be a much smaller part of the community than the fashion boards.)
- DanBC 12y agoPinterest is fantastic at what it does, which is an online pinboard of stuff you like around a theme. The obvious use case is wedding planning. One board each for dresses, rings, locations, cakes, table decorations, invites, etc etc. or for redecorating a room - it's brilliant for that kind of stuff. (I say brilliant, and I'm a Pinterest fan but the site has some user-hostile behaviours on mobile so I ise it a lot less often than I used to.
- lsaferite 12y agoUnless you don't have a pinterest account in which case it becomes amazingly unhelpful. Many times I've searched for something boardgaming related, I like to make things for my games, and been blocked by the pinterest gatekeeper. I refuse to sign up so every time I leave.
- DanBC 12y agoYes, that's part of the user hostile stuff. It's a shame because it makes me reluctant to recommend pinterest. I don't ever link to my pinterest here for example.