I noticed that the
social aspect of Pinterest is a little different than that of say Facebook. I
do a lot of pinning items that others have pinned, hence I am repining. I can
see who has repined my items in the recent activity section. I can comment on
my own pins when saving them to my boards.
Anyone, wither they are
following me, repining my pins, or just browsing pinterest can comment on an
item or I guess you would say image. A lot of the times you or I won’t know who
these people are, because they can be anyone from anywhere unlike Facebook
where only your friends can see certain things, posts, like things on your page
etc. On pinterest, I can like any image, repin any image, or comment on any
image.
As weird as it sounds
people that I have observed on pinterest as well as I, get wrapped up in the images
that interest us and do little actual interaction with others. I can however
link my pinterest to Facebook or Twitter which are more of a social network. If
I choose to link my pinterest to Facebook when I pin or repin something it will
post on my Facebook and therefore my friends can comment and converse with me on it.
If I’m following
someone or someone’s boards on pinterest itself I can mention a pin to him or
her. I can do this in a couple different ways, in a pin or repin description,
or in a comment on a pin. I do this by typing an @ symbol directly followed by
the persons pinterest user name. The matches to the user name come up and I
choose who I want it to go to. The user
I mention receives a notification.
Another form of
interaction is I can make my boards editable by me or by me and contributors.
So I can add contributors that I follow, to my boards and then they can
contribute. Also I noticed when I started pinterest I was able to add a
picture, and an about me section, it’s pinterest version of a profile, and I
can view who I’m repining from who I’m following, who’s me etc. The profile aspect
has some similarities to Facebook or Twitter, yet it is extremely
different.
Here is an image that someone pinned on Pinterest of Peanut butter Cup Brownies
They look delicious, do they not?
I learned a lot more
about Pinterest today, and I hope to learn more as I go. I can’t wait until next
week.
See you all soon!!!
This is another site I have never heard of but, will be checking it out now just to see. I find it interesting that it sounds alot like facebook/twitter in many ways, pinning/posting,following/liking...finding people etc...I wonder why some sites become famous like facebook and others fall to the way-side unnoticed by many; when they appear to do the same things.
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