Back in 2010, I remember hearing about Pinterest but I can’t say I was proactive in following its development but maybe I should of… So what is Pinterest? You may be asking, well I’ll tell you.
Pinterest is an online pinboard, a visual take on the social bookmarking site. Unlike other social bookmarking sites, such as Digg content shared on Pinterest is driven entirely by visuals. In fact, you can’t share something on Pinterest unless an image is involved.
Like every other social media site, Pinterest has its own lingo:
- When you share something on Pinterest, each bookmark is called a pin.
- When you share someone else’s pin on Pinterest, it’s called a repin.
- You group pins together by topic onto various boards or pinboards in your profile. Each board mimics a real-life pinboard.
So in Pinterest users can upload, save, sort and manage images (pins), and other media content (e.g. videos and gifs) through collections (pinboards). Pinterest acts as a personalised media platform, whereby users' content and the content of others can be browsed on the main page.Users should also keep in mind that Pinterest stores actual copies (not just thumbnails and links) of the images being pinned. This has caused controversy with regards to copyright issues for photographers.
Moreover, there is an option that allows you to make ‘secret boards’ which only the user logged in can see (its like making a Facebook status but having your privacy settings set to ‘only you can see’). But with that being said Pinterest still stores those images… So just be careful when pinning.
Pinboards can be used by educators to plan lessons which. Teachers can pin sites for later referral. Students can pin and organize sources and collaborate on projects. Which I can see being a pretty neat tool for education.
- All in all, it’s a great way to see some cool home-made things, places, people heck a lot of things. Would definitely give it a go if you’re looking for some inspiration or for some ideas on… well anything.
-DL
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