The word Pinterest, which sounded very strange to people in the early days of its establishment, became a familiar word in the future. The site, which was born from the English word Interest, became a site where people with different interests shared their own pictures.
Pinterest, which did not have a large number of users at first, overcame this problem and started to be used seriously by people. The purpose of the site was for people to share pictures of themselves or that they took. The shared pictures were liked by other people and could be commented on. In this respect
, Pinterest, which is quite similar to Facebook, is only a picture-oriented site.
The intended use of Pinterest
You can add as many pictures as you want to a Pinterest account you have opened. You can also create various albums and categorize your pictures. Since it is only a picture-oriented site, it is a site that people who are interested in painting and photography constantly visit. The nice thing about the site is that it can work in integration with popular social media sites. In other words, you can have a picture you share on Pinterest automatically shared on your Facebook or Twitter account. However, some people also use it as a bulletin board. They try to attract people’s attention by taking photos of text messages and posting them like a photo.
There is a censorship algorithm on Pinterest. This algorithm allows nudity to a certain extent, but when it detects that an account is posting pure nudity, eroticism, or obscene images, it closes the account without warning. From this situation, we understand that adults can be shared by not missing the dosage, but it is not appropriate for the entire account to belong to adults. You can easily find the picture you want with the search mechanism in Pinterest.
The history of Pinterest
Pinterest doesn’t have a long history. Founded in 2010
, the site had 10 million users in 2012. Just one year later, in 2013, this number reached 70 million. Interestingly, the majority of Pinterest users are from countries outside of America. Another interesting point is that 80% of users using Pinterest are women. The biggest reason for this is that fashion-related posts on Pinterest are the most popular. There are many companies that open a corporate account on Pinterest and advertise their companies with various images.
Pinterest concepts
- Pin: A visual bookmark that can hide beautiful things found on the internet or on Pinterest.
- Board: Where pins are gathered together according to their theme or topic.
- Pinning: This concept, which means pinning in Turkish, is the place where the pictures and videos that are liked and that you want to see again and share with others are located.
- Pin It: The Pin It button makes it easy to collect the cool stuff you like from the internet. After uploading, it is necessary to click on the lowercase “P” when you see something you want to add to Pinterest
- Website: pinterest.com
- Site type: Visual discovery, collection and storage tool
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