Last Updated on December 13, 2024
OPEN LETTER TO PINTEREST — Dear Pinterest, as one of your biggest fans, I’ve gotta tell you I’m having some Pinterest problems. Yes, your platform is a major source of inspiration, and you drive traffic to my website, but can you do me a huge favor? Please stop auto-tagging products with those little white dots for brand partners on my creative work (they are copyrighted). Content creators are the foundation of Pinterest. It’s what makes Pinterest, Pinterest. Allow me to show you what I mean.
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White Dots On Pinterest Pins
Here is an image I created and pinned from my website to your platform. It’s the living room redesign. Do you see the little white dots?
Look what happens when I hover over those white dots. They turn into shopping tags — AI photo recognition software that identifies blue pillows from modern dressers. When those engineers presented Ben and Evan this feature, I’ll bet they said, “Dayum, that’s some slick technology that our shareholders are going to love!” But there’s a troublesome Pinterest problem here. That image wasn’t created by Pinterest or the Pinterest Partner (brand).
That image was created by me, and correct me if I’m wrong, but I think that means it’s copyright-protected. Did I press an “OK” button, unknowingly agreeing to updated Terms And Conditions? Could you clarify when content creators approved Pinterest to use our images for commercial marketing?
For curiosities sake, let’s click on the table lamps tag. Well, I’ll be damned. Am I helping all those brands sell their lamps? Wayfair? Lumens? Kelly Wearstler? Burke Decor? Paynes Gray? Is this ethical? How is this not a copyright infringement?
Pinterest, in case you were unaware, designing that living room mood board took me over 72 hours to research, Photoshop, and dream up. No one paid me to write that post. It was a room designed by me for my followers. Are you getting paid for my room design? Is Wayfair? Lumens?
More Pinterest Problems With Legalities and Photo Rights
Maybe content creators unknowingly sign their lives away when clicking a button about updated terms and conditions? But, let’s examine the many gray areas when it comes to Pinterest’s shoppable pins. For example, what happens when a pin is auto-tagged with products on Pinterest, but that image was shot as part of a campaign or sponsored post? Here’s an example.
These are the vintage chairs I reupholstered using my client’s fabric. Pinterest has tagged the pin with similar green chairs. Pinterest, how is it okay to sell brand partner products on an image shot exclusively for another brand? How do you think Audi would react if Pinterest tagged their images with the same colored Chevy, Ford, and Toyota vehicles?
An analog example of this would be if Good Housekeeping magazine ran a full-page ad for Swiffer, but before the issue was mailed to subscribers, they added a bunch of stickie notes to that Swiffer advertisement telling readers where they can also buy a Shark, Dyson, Roomba, and Bissell vacuum.
In this hypothetical Swiffer example, let’s say the magazine didn’t charge Shark, Dyson, Roomba, and Bissell a commission, but they charged ad space online or in the next month’s issue, and only if a brand was paying for ad space at some point in time could they add a stickie note. In this highly unusual hypothetical situation, would this be a copyright infringement on intellectual property? Again, gray area, but I can tell you one thing’s for sure, Swiffer would be really angry if they saw a full-page ad they paid for covered in stickie notes for competitors.
Then there’s also a whole new can of worms when you add in professional photoshoots. My kitchen renovation was shot by Stoffer Photography Interiors. I paid for John’s time and talent to shoot, but I also paid for usage rights. I cannot publish his images on my site without crediting him. No brand can repost those images without crediting him, PLUS they have to pay additional usage rights to publish his photos of my kitchen. And if a brand wants to sell a product using those photos, they need my permission, AND they need to pay Stoffer Photography. The photographer owns the rights to my kitchen photos, not me. I have permission to publish and share them on my social channels. Who is getting paid for the bar stools comfyco.com is selling on John’s image? Is he not getting a commission? Nope.
The Pinterest problems get even more complicated when you look at sites where content creators and designers have been featured. For example, this is an image I provided to Style Me Pretty Living (SMPL). This pin lives on a Pinterest board that belongs to someone else. That’s my home, but who signed the contract for this copyrighted photo? Let’s look at the chain of events.
I gave permission to Style Me Pretty > SMPL published the photo > an unknown Pinterest user pinned the photo from SMPL
Who Gave Pinterest Permission To Tag Images With Products?
Who is giving Pinterest permission to use content creators’ images for advertising? Brands are making money off this photo of my home. Pinterest is making money because the brand is a preferred partner. What are the content creators getting in return for their work? Jack squat.
Creators Want The Shoppable Pins Feature Removed
And just one more legality question, what about model releases? Every time a person is shown in an advertisement, a model release must be used. When working on sponsored posts, my client (brand) always asks that anyone in the photo sign a release form. This release is not needed for news publications or when an unidentifiable person is photographed in a public space for news purposes. However, when you are using a person’s face commercially to sell merchandise, the legalities surrounding model releases can become quite complex.
Ben Talks Pinterest At Alt Summit
Back in the day, when Pinterest first launched, I was a beta user…ya, I’m an OG Pinterest user (and let it be known, I still love Pinterest). I had to sign up and wait to be approved to use Pinterest. Ben Silbermann (Founder and CEO) spoke at one of my favorite blogger conferences Altitude Summit. Ben, you connected with us. Shy, sweet, honest, humble…talking about your first job. You worked soooo hard…way harder than you were getting paid. With incredible sincerity, you shared the story of quitting your dream job at Google. You shared failures, your journey, and how you didn’t quit.
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Ben, you said, “People succeed because they don’t stop, and eventually, something breaks.” That is why, 2 years later, I’m still asking, “Who is getting the money for these products I’m unwillingly selling for you?” I’m not gonna stop. Rather, I’m asking every blogger and content creator I know to reshare this post. If you are reading this and you value your work, please share this post via Facebook, Twitter, email, and demand answers from Pinterest because this is a problem. This is unethical.
As a child, you were a collector. You reflected on this, and rather than building a platform for shopping, you decided to ignore the spreadsheets and build something you loved. You had this idea for Pinterest and shared your out-of-the-box idea with Evan Sharp. Together you painstakingly worked on the look of the grid…the grid that today is filled with content creators’ imagery.
Once the design was complete, you shared Pinterest with people in the industry, friends, and family, and no one had that AH-HA moment. Your beta testers were confused as to why anyone would collect photos from the internet and display them visually. You were disheartened but refused to go back. That is where I am right now. I (and many other content creators) have been asking Pinterest to stop auto-tagging my images and converting them into shoppable pins.
Back in 2019, after a long email chain with Pinterest customer service about auto-tagging, I received this response. Can you believe these shoppable pins on my profile were one of the rarest issues reported? Pinterest was working on a fix AND making sure this would never again happen in the future. This email is data back to December 4, 2019. In a previous email, Pinterest said this was an error and apologized.
Side note: I have followed up, but sadly, no one at Pinterest has responded.
Ben, the first time you spoke at Alt Summit, you met Victoria from SFGirlByBay. Unlike previous beta testers, this blogger grasped the concept of Pinterest immediately. A friendship was made, and Victoria helped you launch Pin It Forward, a campaign designed to introduce Pinterest to bloggers. The idea was simple — a chain letter of emails asking bloggers to share images to a specific pinboard. It was special, personal, and authentic. In turn, these bloggers opened accounts and started using Pinterest exactly the way you hoped.
In that same speech, you shared an endearing story about wearing a Pinterest t-shirt every single day of the week. Finally, a stranger asked, “Do you work for that company?” You exclaimed, “Yes! Yes, I do!” That moment of joy crumbled when you realized that was the one day you weren’t wearing your Pinterest shirt. That stranger recognized a different company’s logo.
That moment sums up how I feel every day when I see those little white dots all over my images. All that hard work. All that effort. Only to be turned into a shoppable pin. An advertisement for blue pillows for brands I didn’t know existed. I’m still nobody.
Back in the day, when people asked you how you felt about building Pinterest, your reply was a visual of a Venn diagram, caught between terror and joy. That sums up my Pinterest problems. But you didn’t quit. In fact, your family told you, “If you don’t bet on yourself, nobody else will.” I’m taking your family’s advice and taking it upon myself to speak up. This tiny David is going up against Goliath. As a creator, I’ve got to tell Pinterest this is wrong.
Pinterest Goes Public – The IPO
Last year Pinterest went public. I get it, you need to show a profit to shareholders quarter after quarter. (Disclosure, I am one of those people who bought Pinterest stock at the beginning. I’m thrilled the stock price increased about 250%. I’m not thrilled my copyrighted work was used for capital gains.)
At first, I never understood how Pinterest makes money…that is until Nikki (former employee at Pinterest) hired me as your first freelance graphic designer in The Pin Factory — a department at Pinterest that helped onboard brand partners for promoted pins.
Pinterest users are very particular about what they pin. When a pin looks too professional, it’s viewed as a commercial. The user knows she is being sold. Instead of pinning a brand’s shiny, perfect ad, she’ll save an image that looks more homemade. Yes, the typography might be Comic Sans, and every color of the rainbow is used, but that imperfect pin (and the idea behind that pin) is obtainable. My job at The Pin Factory was to create branded pins that looked perfectly branded but not too perfect. More of a soft sell – perfectly imperfect.
Back then, I think 3-5 brands were signed up for pin-making at The Pin Factory. Within a couple of months, you had 25 brands. Pretty soon, it exploded. Now, there are thousands upon thousands of brands that use Pinterest for Business. You call them Pinterest Partners.
Pinterest doesn’t say much about the auto-tagging feature and shoppable pins online, in fact, they’ve even changed the name to Collections Ads (sounds less sleazy doesn’t it?). But from what I’ve researched, artificial intelligence technology analyzes and recognizes brand products and finds matching products (or similar) in the images that people like me pin. An advertiser can tag up to 25 items to sell per image. It’s very interesting that you have press releases on EVERYTHING BUT auto-tagging creators’ work.
So, wait, Kyla, you’re basically telling me that Pinterest is the ultimate marketing tool for e-commerce?
Ummmm, ya.
And a brand does not have to pay content creators to tag beautifully styled images when selling on Pinterest?
Nope, not at all. You just have to be a merchant and promote a few pins for $5 and a hug.
You’re saying all a brand has to do is pay Pinterest to be a preferred partner and for the most part, that brand has the ability to auto-tag absolutely ANYONE’S creative work on the platform? Beauty bloggers? Fashion bloggers? Home decor bloggers? Interior designers? Online publishers?
Yes, based on my research and personal experience, that is exactly what I’m saying.
Do you think every business owner and shareholder is Snoopy dancing right now? That’s a marketing department’s dream come true!
It probably costs like a million dollars, though, right? Nope, small businesses with small budgets can sign right up! Even if you own a small Etsy shop, you can participate! That is why every brand is jumping on board the Preferred Partner Pinterest train, and that’s also why Ben and Evan are now multibillionaires with stock that presently sits at almost $90 per share. Pinterest is making money hand over fist, and the best part is — they don’t produce a product! No wonder The Motley Fool says, “the business model is outstanding”. The cost to maintain the Pinterest platform is fixed, and the content needed to keep it current is user-generated.
Does Pinterest Still Care About Creators?
In September 2019, Pinterest launched its Shop The Look Pinterest Pins…5 months after Pinterest IPO hit the New York Stock Exchange. Gotta keep the shareholders happy! Shop The Look pins contain tagged products and are easy to spot. Remember those little white dots that turn into tagged keywords? Let’s revisit. When I click on the pillow tag there is a peacock blue pillow explosion!
When I click on a product, I’m taken to a new page where I can buy this pillow. Oh, and what happened to my original living room pin? Ya, that’s long gone. A few clicks back. I’ll betcha it wasn’t even pinned. Glad my mood board helped sell a $92 pillow at PaynesGray.com
On the surface, Pinterest as a platform is very helpful to bloggers and content creators. Canva (an online design platform that makes just about anyone look like a graphic designer) and Pinterest teamed up to create a Design School Course helping teach online creators how to design engaging content on the platform. Ashley Schroeder, Senior Lead, Global Creator Marketing at Pinterest, says, “users are coming to Pinterest to find ideas, inspiration, and content for big moments, everyday moments, and everything in between. Users are coming with a purpose. Looking for what to do, try, or buy next.”
Ashley goes on to say, “Users are looking to authentically connect with creators, like you, who they trust for recommendations and inspiration.” Images are based on the users’ unique interests and what Pinterest knows the user is searching for. This leads to a highly personalized and curated experience.” She explains how the blogger’s content is evergreen. Meaning, even if your imagery is 10 years old, if it is relevant to the users’ search, your content will keep performing for you over time. The steps are simple, create a Pinterest For Business account (or convert your existing account) and follow Pinterest’s best practices steps in the video.
In a live interview with Tailwind (a Pinterest scheduler used by most bloggers and businesses), Pinterest said it will favor new content over old content even if those old pins were top favorites. Lucy Matthews, Partnerships Manager at Pinterest manages brand partners in the Pinterest Partner Program answered questions during this informational talk that was geared directly towards content creators, bloggers, and online influencers like myself. Tailwind specifically asked Ms. Matthews how do I drive more traffic to my blog by using Pinterest?
She explains some best practices as, “showing ideas, not just pretty pictures”. Link your content back to the URL where that blog post resides (especially if you have Rich Pins installed). Rich Pins are SEO (search engine optimization) focused pins that sync information from your website to your pins. Wait, Pinterest, are you saying not only do you have photo recognition for products, but you also pull in copy from my blog post that I painstakingly wrote to rank high with keywords on Google?
She also encourages content creators to add a Pin It button to their site so readers can easily save their images to their pinboards for future reference. There is one major problem with that. Say a reader visits House Of Hipsters and sees an image that inspires her. She saves that image to her pinboard. See the example below. If I click on it, my image is tagged with products, but I did not upload it. A reader from my blog pinned it…and yes, I do encourage that…but this example is for the sake of legalities in the Pinterest Terms of Service. I’ll get to that momentarily.
I’d also like to point out that this pin is technically an advertisement, correct? I mean, it IS selling products for brands. But there is no statement saying this is an ad. As of 2019, all content creators and online influencers HAVE to disclose when they receive payment or gifted products. The FTC states, if you endorse ANYTHING, you have to make it crystal clear that your post is connected to a brand.
Going back to Ms. Matthews’s interview, she is asked by Tailwind, “How many new pins should I be sharing every day?” Her answer can be seen at minute 5:30, “We advise you to create new content every week, just to keep your profile fresh and supply your followers with new content they love to save. Saves of existing pins will still receive distribution but ultimately the best way to grow your audience, drive traffic to your site, and extend your total reach on Pinterest is to create fresh content.” But wait, doesn’t that contradict what Ashley Schroeder stated about your content being evergreen?
Ms. Matthews also encourages content creators to “follow the Pinterest Best Practices because as a platform, Pinterest wants to provide its users with the best experience possible, and supplying fresh content is really the best way to do that.” Gawd, I love that Pinterest explains exactly what goes into making a good pin. From size to text overlay to writing keyword-optimized copy. They lay it all out for bloggers and content creators.
This interview is almost an hour-long, but in less than 10 minutes from the start, I’m told, “lead with a compelling image, use type sparingly, and keep branding subtle. Your image should really be the hero of the pin.”
After reviewing Pinterest Best Practices for brands, I see, “Make Your Brand The Focal Point, Use Your Logo, Add Text Overlay,” all the things I was told to do when designing branded pins in The Pin Factory. Why is Pinterest telling me to be subtle as a content creator when a brand should make itself a focal point? Could it be because it’s difficult to sell tagged products for brands in the Pinterest Partner Program when a pin is branded to another business? Think back to that Audi example. If they were to place their logo on the bottom and type “Audi Rocks” on the pin, it would be odd to auto-tag similar-looking vehicles from Ford, Chevy, and Toyota, right?
Are content creators being blatantly misled by Pinterest during these educational videos? If so, that’s a big Pinterest problem.
My Advice To You…Be Promotional AF With Your Content!
Content creation is a business. House Of Hipsters is an online publication, and I offer ad space on my blog and social channels. HOH is a brand and my Pinterest account is a Pinterest for Business account… just like Better Homes and Garden has a Pinterest for Business account, just like Peloton has a Pinterest for Business account. Why shouldn’t I be screaming from the rooftops, “I have awesome stuff on my website that you’ll love! Click me! I’m House Of Hipsters!” on my pins? Why is Pinterest telling me to be subtle?
Over the past 15 years, the business of blogging has changed. Instead of chugging out fresh content day after day with nonstop hustle for every platform, We’ve slowed down. We’ve become more calculated and strategic with posts. Writing quality over quantity and researching keywords so my post ranks higher on Google.
Pinterest saw this slowdown with fresh content. Enter the release of Story Pins, now called Idea Pins. I was a creator with early access and tested Idea Pins — the organic reach was INSANE! An image pinned from my website might get 100 impressions after a few days. But, when I create an Idea Pin, I’ll get 1000 impressions in under 2 minutes. Pinterest you moved the goal post again. You really DO need that fresh, sparkly new content.
Once an Idea Pin is published, users can interact with the pin by swiping through the frames and can give it a heart because, Pinterest says, “We believe ideas from creators deserve more than just a double tap.” Oh Ben, staaaaahhhhp! You’re making me blush. I was all wrong, you really do love me!
To beta test these Idea Pins, Pinterest handpicked a group of bloggers, many friends of mine. We all came to the same consensus. The reach is outstanding, but there’s a Pinterest problem — these pins do not link back to my website. Where’s the traffic? Where’s the benefit?
Why go through the trouble of creating Idea Pins when they do nothing for me or my business? Of course, you have a carrot to dangle. Pinterest released “following streams.” Growing a follower count on Pinterest these days is nearly impossible, and these streams suggest my account to users who may not follow HOH.
If you’ve made it this far, I’m dubbing you a long hauler! BRAVO! You are in deep with the problems at Pinterest, and you’re ready to rumble. Don’t worry, Pinterest T&Cs are oddly short, so I’ll follow suit and start wrapping up.
Pinterest Terms Of Service and Business Terms of Service
The wording is vague lawyer talk but Pinterest does state that anything I post to the platform is referred to as “User Content”. I retain the rights and it still belongs to me.
However, the paragraph below states that at some point in time I granted Pinterest non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide license to use, store, display, reproduce, save, modify, create derivative works, perform, and distribute my content on Pinterest solely for the purpose of operating, developing, providing, and using Pinterest.
In a nutshell, Pinterest is saying, “Hey Kyla, we love you, and your work still belongs to you; however, we are going to take it and do anything we freaking want to with it, even give it to brands who pay us a lot of money, so they can sell similar products, but again, don’t worry, the photo is still yours to keep.”
Creators Are Having A WTF Moment Filled With Pinterest Problems
Going back to the keynote speech at Alt Summit, Ben shared when Pinterest was in its infancy, the motto in the office was “Move Fast And Break Things” with stickie note addendums.
My Pinterest problems are far from over. In fact, if this post gains any traction, I might get myself into some hot water and have even bigger Pinterest problems. However, it’ll all be worth it if that trouble helps me “break things” like the auto-tagging and shoppable pins. Ben and Evan, I hope you see this post as a request to change the platform. Make a big move. Think outside of the box. Do the right thing. There has to be another way to appease shareholders, increase quarterly profits, and really show your creators that they are the heart and soul of Pinterest.
Read More Thoughts On The Problems With Pinterest
Are the white dots on Pinterest’s shoppable pins a copyright infringement? Let’s talk about it.
Pinterest took action and now allows creators to remove the tagged products from your pins. Here’s exactly how to remove Pinterest’s visual search dots from your pins and keep them off your photos.
Emily A Schmidt
Thank you for posting this. I have noticed these problems from a search perspective too and it’s extremely frustrating. To me, it makes the entire Pinterest experience unbearable from both a creator and user perspective. Right now I see 80+% of my pageviews from Pinterest and I am very thankful for that, but I know that will not last with the latest changes. I will try to contact Pinterst and Tailwind as well as hopefully if enough of us do that, maybe they will pay attention.
kyla
Emily A SchmidtThank you for reading Emily! We definitely need to stand up for our creative work. What Pinterest is doing is unethical.
Toni
Kyla, I got all the way to the end (yep, a long hauler) and you hit the nail on the head with every point! I could comment on every paragraph but won’t LOL.
I too opted out of their initial shoppable Pins a few years ago and that worked for a few months. Then they started reappearing. I received that same letter you posted, “we’ll have it fixed in 8-weeks” garbage.
The thing that their TOS misses is that even if we didn’t have a Pinterest account and someone else pins our content, we haven’t given them rights to use our content as they see fit. Yet, they’re acting as if every business owner in the world clicked “yes” on their TOS.
You and I both know they’re making huge money off this/us. Even though I was told back then, “we aren’t making money, we’re merely offering it as a service for our customers.” Hogwash, what liars. You know they aren’t putting this genie back in the bottle unless they’re forced to. I’m sure the big brands are making good money off these sales as well, even after the fee they’re paying Pinterest. Getting them to stop?? I’m not sure what that would look like…. Class Action lawsuit maybe? There’s also no FTC disclosure anywhere so maybe someone will drop a dime on them one of these days.
I’m sharing your post because while I believe in capitalism, I do not believe in skirting the laws that protect us all as business owners merely for profit.
kyla
ToniOh, I am all for capitalism but using small creators for profit is so wrong. There’s got to be another solution. Can you imagine if Zuckerberg allowed brands to tag their products on IG or Facebook? Why has no one said anything about this?
Linda Johnston
I read this post to te the end. I actually have a small blog and pin numbers. Not much and just beginning to hope to make some money. I don’t understand a lot about the tech and even the buisness side of blogging. I’m glad you and others do! That said, I don’tthink I like the idea of big tech and businesses or people stealing my content or making money off of any products within the content that maybe tagged. Thank you for knowing the buisness and tech side and working to set right the unethical shady practices.
kyla
Linda JohnstonThank you so much for reading. We all have to stick together and look out for each other. I’m really hoping with one loud voice, we can make a change. Please share and tag Pinterest. Tell them this is wrong.
Bliss
Thank you for writing this for all of us bloggers. I hope Ben & Evan take notice, particularly this part right here >>>>> “There has to be another way to appease shareholders, increase quarterly profits, and really show your creators that they are the heart and soul of Pinterest.” Bingo.
kyla
BlissIf they can dream up Pinterest, they can totally find a new revenue stream.
Shelley
Yes, I read it all and thank you so much for writing this! Pinterest has been driving me absolutely insane with those shoppable pins. Really – how is it legal for them to use our photos to sell things?!! And on top of it, I am not even able to add my own shoppable links on my Pinterest board like some people can. It’s so frustrating. Just the other day, I got an email from someone asking about the chandelier in my dining room. She mentioned something about not being able to buy the exact one I tagged in the picture. After a few emails back and forth, I realized the picture she was talking about was the one on Pinterest. Sure enough, Pinterest tagged a bunch of chandeliers from my photo but none of them were the exact one I have in my dining room. So, instead of encouraging the Pinner to click over to my blog – where she would have been able to find the exact chandelier, Pinterest provided their stupid shopping links to show what THEY wanted to sell. I’ve actually thought about adding a notation on every pin that I create to say something like – “If you want to purchase anything from this photo, please click over to the blog where I have provided sources. Please note that the tags that Pinterest has provided are not accurate”. Yes, two can play this game, Pinterest. I’ve had it!
Thanks again for writing this in depth blog post. I will definitely be sharing it all over social media. (Sorry if this is a duplicate comment, it didn’t seem to go through with my blog name…If it did, just delete the dupe.)
Shelley
kyla
ShelleyHi Shelley! Thank you so much for taking the time to read the post. I have started to add a text overlay on all my Story Pins clearly stating where the decor is sourced, but with these shoppable pins, I’m thinking they need to be added to ever image. It’s definitely a frustrating situation.
Jacque
This is fantastic! Every bit is true. The problems with Pinterest ( lack of traffic, drop in traffic) from this latest update is making a lot of us look for other ways to get our posts out to the public. Pinterest is taking too much work for very little return now. I’m all for the 2 weeks of no posting and archiving the boards.
kyla
JacqueThanks so much for taking the time to read. And you’re right, there are many other platforms where you can boost engagement.
Aubree
Thank you for this article! I have no respect for Pinterest right now. As a content creator, I spend hours photographing my blog posts to share my ideas with readers—not to have Pinterest turn around and sell other products based on my copyrighted work. I’d love if every blogger could archive their boards for two weeks and not pin! I’d be all for that! Or signing some sort of petition. Or ultimately refuse to use their platform if they’re going to run their business in such a sketchy way. It’s not worth all my hard work. I can get traffic to my blog in other ways.
kyla
AubreeWe’ve gotta do something.
Shannah Holt
Wow you have done an awesome job writing the frustrations for so many content creators! I’m definitely sharing this and hope that it does cause Pinterest to make changes.
Another point is that by Adding those tags also causes the pin to appear to be not working. When you tap to go to our content it doesn’t instead it goes to products.
The average user doesn’t realize they need to find the exact point on the pin (in the left bottom corner) to click to the actual blog with the recipe they want to try or ideas for their child’s birthday.
No they just think the pin is “broke” or that we are trying to trick them into buying a mason jar (when it was a mason jar recipe) and they go back to looking for one that does work.
kyla
Shannah HoltTrue statement! Only the tiny tag on the bottom left will lead a user to our blog. At this point, why pin?
ALEXA A SANTORA
kylaSome of this makes sense to me. For instance, it stinks that Pinterest represented this as a temporary problem that they’d have a “fix” for in an established timeframe, and then started ignoring your concerns.
As just a user (not a content creator), I tend to think of the shoppable pins as a shortcut to something that users did in analog mode, prior to pinterest: we would see content that inspired us, and try to hunt down something similar. While your website is always going to be the best source of what YOU used to achieve that look, sometimes what you used isn’t going to work for me. It may be the right shape but wrong color, wrong size, or just too expensive. Pinterest creates a shortcut to me searching for alternatives (which is something I would do by myself, in the past). Now, a lot of their suggestions are going to be junk, and miss the mark on what I liked about your post in the first place. And, of course they’re making money from those suggestions. But, I don’t know that they’re modifying your work in a way that really takes away from your work. Don’t hate me, but you might be giving them too much credit!
In terms of sponsored posts and working with photographers- I would think that the industry is going to have to get more sophisticated about how to contract and structure deals knowing that, once something is on the internet, it’s virtually impossible to control. That isn’t to say that you need to be 100% responsible for someone else’s bad behavior but at some point, image appropriation becomes so commonplace that the industry evolves to take that into account.
Hopefully Pinterest becomes more responsive to your concerns (as they do need creators, users, and ads, happy and existing in some type of harmony, to stay relevant and profitable). If not, some new disruptor will come along to fill the void.
kyla
ALEXA A SANTORAI am presently archiving every board minus the one stating a 2 week boycott with a story pin explaining why.
Rose Keller
hi there!…I am currently setting up my Tonic Site website to launch my blog, so I’m a total newbie…I have been pinning organically for quite some time… though, I have reached, at times, over a million in engagement in certain months (though that has dropped drastically over the last few weeks…if you could update me on the latest updates to find out the whys of this I’d certainly appreciate it; I’ve been rehabbing a frozen shoulder and took almost a month off)…so, I’ve been looking to work with and use Pinterest and LinkedIn, primarily, due to sketchy practices on other platforms…so, I’m suuuuppper interested in this post and read the whole thing and all the comments!…my question is, can you tag your own post to keep it from being tagged by AI?…or does this override self-tagging or is self-tagging even available?…I’ve been reposting others work through Bloglovin (which, btw has been shut out of the Apple app store…I contacted Bloglovin and they said they’re working on revamping the app to have it supported there once again), but I will be starting to create my own content within the next few weeks and am much in need of how this is all working currently…I did sign up for your How To Dominate Pinterest freebie from your pop-up!…thanks for your amazing content!…I love your blog and I love a #girlboss who isn’t afraid to seek and speak TRUTH!…I may be a newbie, but I’m behind you 100%
Rose Keller
btw…when I shared this article to Pinterest, there weren’t any usable images that had the title…I had to use the “Dominate” graphic…didn’t know if that was an oversight or a Pinterest purposeful snafu
Jacki
This whole rigamarole makes me just want to throw in the towel and quit. How sad. Have they never heard the story about the goose that laid the golden eggs?
kyla
JackiI am presently archiving every board minus the one stating a 2 week boycott with a story pin explaining why.
Carla Aston
Sadly, I went through all this with Houzz years ago. They shop designer’s professional images with products that are similar but always cheaper and cheesier. That was before they changed their TOS too. I loved Pinterest for so long, but I really am only working on gaining favor with Google these days. Time spent trying to create content that Pinterest likes seems a waste of time now. They are all over the board, without focus, inventing too many weird tools and options that don’t benefit the creator at all. If nothing seems like it is working, why bother? I’d happily archive boards for 2 weeks with a group to protest.
kyla
Carla AstonI am presently archiving every board minus the one stating a 2 week boycott with a story pin explaining why.
Carla Aston
kylaI will check it out. I have over 200 boards. Might just do my top 50!
kyla
Carla AstonFor me it’s just taking a stand, but I doubt it will do much except hurt me.
Lauren
Kyla…Thank you for writing this. A few weeks ago I suggested a Pinterest revolt in a FB group for similar reasons. You obviously know what you’re talking about vs my guy feel of “this is SO wrong”. I agree that as content creators we have power and we need to let them know they have wronged those who have built their platform.
kyla
LaurenBen said in his keynote speech, “The internet is fragile”. This couldn’t be more true. As revolt will happen soon or later. A reader reminded me that this happened with Houzz as well. The interior designers revolted and left the platform.
kyla
LaurenI am presently archiving every board minus the one stating a 2 week boycott with a story pin explaining why.
Lacy
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Your open letter was shared inside one of my pinterest mastermind groups for bloggers and hallelujah thank you!
I am truly hoping they listen.
kyla
LacyI am presently archiving every board minus the one stating a 2 week boycott with a story pin explaining why.
Christine
Yes, girl!! Yessss!! I’d happily hide all of my boards for 2 weeks. Just say the word. They. Need. To. Listen . Thank you for writing this!!
kyla
ChristineYes they do!!!! I’ll start figuring out how to organize this boycott
kyla
ChristineI am presently archiving every board minus the one stating a 2 week boycott with a story pin explaining why.
Katie Emery
Excellent post, thank you! I’m a blogger who gets 75% of her traffic from Pinterest, and I’m so tired of these shenanigans! It’s frustrating as a content creator and as a user!
Many of my friends and family have stopped using Pinterest (as users) out of frustration, and I’m trying to focus on SEO so I can move away from it. So sad, as I used to love it!
kyla
Katie EmeryIt really is frustrating. I wish they were just upfront about it. Give us an opt out? Make us pay to be a business account? There has to be another way around this unethical practice.
kyla
Katie EmeryI am presently archiving every board minus the one stating a 2 week boycott with a story pin explaining why.
Libbie
I am all in for the boycott!
kyla
LibbieI am presently archiving every board minus the one stating a 2 week boycott with a story pin explaining why.
Hannah
This right here will be a major turning point if pinterest isn’t seeing the legal spider web they are creating. Thank you for taking the time to write this out and examine the details bit by bit. A long haul reader here too
Susan Stevenson
Kyla thank you so much for writing with such flair what we all are thinking. You hit the nail on the head and I’m sharing this.
Liberty
Kyla,
Did you know that when you hover over the tag and add your own shoppable affiliate links, that those white dots disappear? Try it! Yes, still hard to maybe do it to all your auto shoppable pins, but it works!
Liberty from B4andAfters.com
Kim
Very well said. This is all maddening….and yes, you can go in and add your own products to pins, and people are, but they’re not disclosing this as you said. It also means that other people can add their affiliate links to my pins!! And they have…and they’re not disclosing either and there’s no way for me to remove their affiliate link on my pin. And no one seems to think this is a problem at Pinterest. Do they not have a legal department over there?
Julie
I’m so glad you wrote this post. Sure, Pinterest is a business and they need to make changes just as any other business does, but this is not the way to go about it. Content creators had a massive part in making Pinterest into the place where so many people go to find information and inspiration. Now, Pinterest is saying “Na na na na boo boo!” to us content creators, and taking the traffic that OUR work and OUR content generates and diverting that traffic into their own pockets? Many of us rely on Pinterest traffic, and this is putting people’s livelihoods at stake for the sole purpose of making Pinterest more money. What they are doing is not OK. In fact, it’s just horrible. Also, I don’t think the everyday person who comes to Pinterest looking for a recipe and is instead given a million different mixing bowls she can buy will appreciate these changes either.
Susan Brinson
First, EPIC post. So detailed and thoughtful. Thanks for putting this together. I was also at that Alt Summit with Ben. All us content creators jumped right on to help him grow his business. It’s crazy when business founders are the ‘little guy’ they think of fellow little guys, but as soon as they get some money, those other little guys are meaningless toast. I’ll consider myself toast, burnt toast. Bitter toast. Since I make my living as a commercial photographer (photographing catalogues, interiors and products) and a small percentage as a content creator which is driven by my photography capabilities, this move by Pinterest is direct money out of my pocket. If companies can use images for free to sell their products, why would they hire photographers? This directly hurts photographers and will put many people out of work. There is a direct connection – which is great for lawyers. The people that feed the Pinterest beast – the eco system that supports the photographers and content creators making careers has been replaced by Pinterest AI and human greed. In 5 years, there will be no ‘fresh’ content for Pinterest, because we can’t afford to work. See how ya just shot yourself in the foot Pinterest?
What do we want? Aside from me being able to opt out of dots being placed on our images, it’d would also be wonderful if Pinterest could use that fancy AI to identify all instances of that image and make sure dots don’t appear on it. So many other people pin our images from other sources. I have some really good ideas on how Pinterest could work with content creators to help consumers find really awesome things (or similar things) in the pictures we create. Pinterest could be a shopping hub, but they would have to readdress Pinterest looking like a jumble of images and allow us to create some editorial structure and guidance around shopping. It’s one thing to get a consumer to click on a link, but a link clicks that lead to a purchase. Pinterest is so noisy right now, it’s a wonder a consumer can make heads or tails of the mass amounts of decision they are faced with when trying to make a purchase.
Pinterest, how about you form an advisory board of content creators and photographers – we can help you ethically monetize? Also, please pay us for our time. We’ll make you money – we all love making money.
Jennifer Priest
Excellent research and points made!
Archiving boards hides them from your account but all the content is still discoverable and floating around on Pinterest. so the only way around it is to make the board Secret. even so, all pins created by other people, whether they are repins or from your site will still be active. I wonder what the legalities are for businesses that do not actually have a Pinterest account. I ran into one such business a couple years ago that was the client of another speaker at a conference I was speaking at. They didn’t even have a Pinterest account but users had been pinning their images to Pinterest. Are those images tagged? there’s no way that company agreed to the terms of service because they don’t even have a Pinterest account.
On the one side it could be said that Pinterest isn’t actually monetizing the images they’re just matching products to images. So there’s not really a disclosure needed in that case. I’m sure there’s some slick legal workaround for what they’re doing.
I too was told multiple times that the tagging was a test that had gone wrong and was going to be changed and that the tagging would be disallowed when she had a business account or once you claimed your site or that you could opt out in some way. Yet here we are years later, as you have also experienced seeing the same behavior and activity.
I’ve been shopping for a new patio set. The experience to actually try to buy one of these products from the tagged products on the image is really challenging. I got on to Target’s website and kept getting stuck back and forth in this strange loop where I couldn’t actually shop. So there’s things broken on that side too. I think they have a lot to work on.
And this new focus on creators which they started last year and really announced with their Pinterest Creator Festival in October 2020, is……. Suspect in light of this tagging thing.
And you’re absolutely correct that the information about this is really thin. They’ve since changed the name of shop the look to Collection Pins in the United States. There’s a lot of conflicting information about shop the look and it’s availability on Pinterest’s own site…
The advice I received from Tailwind which they were relaying from a Pinterest representative about a week ago was to write in to Pinterest and say that we don’t like this feature.
But like you said, we’ve been doing that for at least 2 years now if not longer. I remember asking Enid Huang, longtime Pinterest employee, about this at a conference at least 3 years ago.
They’ve also been making it a little more challenging for users to click over to our site. The tagging feature when it is activated changes the functionality of the pin. Now when a user clicks on the pin, which traditionally would take them to the destination URL, it now activates the white dots and shows related products. The URL is accessible from a small white oval shaped button in the lower right hand corner of the pin.
If the tagging is activated on the pin, then this change in functionality is activated.
This directly affects traffic, which is the main reason why bloggers would allow their content to be put on Pinterest. In fact why bloggers use Pinterest. Why people like me teach Pinterest traffic strategies!
So then it calls back into question the push for creators because the mutual benefit of creators putting content on Pinterest has changed on the Creator side.
Users may eventually figure out how to use Pinterest to go visit the destination URL that the pin was intended to promote.
The changing of the functionality of pins, the constant moving of buttons and links to the destination URL on video pins some of those are the things that are also concerning because they’re changing the way that users interact with Pinterest and inserting the interstitial of shopping between the pin and the destination URL. Will pinners be responsive to that? That will determine if Pinterest continues to do this. And in the last year user growth has been exponential.
So ♀️♀️♀️?
Katy Glenn Smith
Dear Kyla,
I was not familiar with you until yesterday when I listened to your Feb 2020 podcast that delved into Pinterst. My sister and I have a new business, and she sent the podcast link. I took notes. Then I went to your website to learn more about you and found this article…posted the same day that I listened to the podcast! We just hired a “content studio” to plan our marketing. One of their tasks is setting up our Pinterest account. I had no idea how “important” Pinterest is for retailers. Now I am seriously concerned about our imagery getting tagged with competitors’ merchandise. We sell lampshades, and are adding lamps to our lineup. Any suggestions about setting this up correctly from the beginning would be appreciated! Can you post a follow-up? This is frightening!
Katy
Jamie larrison
Yes! to all of this. Pinterest has been a crap show for a long time now. I quit using it because my fresh pins were gaining no traction and my pins from 6 years ago are what drive 90% of my Pinterest traffic. I had opted out of rich pins for awhile but they pushed that through anyway. The bigger businesses are going to call the shots when Pinterest continues to be driven by greed and not integrity. I think the best option is to hit them in the wallet and pursue a class action lawsuit. It may not be very profitable for the prosecuting side, but if it forces Pinterest to make changes for the better of their consumers and creators it would be worth it. Protests and emails aren’t going to cut it when they don’t even try to listen.
J J Cole
Dear Kyla,
Thank you Thank you for the warning! This truly makes me sick as I’ve spent a YEAR preparing a Pinterest funnel with website and blog, plus many dozens of pins.
I had a premonition of trouble when my pins acquired a “shopping” tag in upper left corner, blocking a key recurring text when I wasn’t even discussing products! I requested they be removed but it didn’t happen. I sense the old descent happening here of “great idea-IPO-investor myopia- product declines”. I am just ready to ask for affiliate links, and now I suspect the only way they’ll work is to avoid images of their product! I will join in archiving my boards and Will hang on in hopes you can clear the dollar signs out of the eyes at Pinterest. At least I now have lots of content that can be moved.
Julia@Cuckoo4Design
Big thank you from me too for writing this! I completely agree with everything
jennie
Houzz did a similar thing to their users… Making money off designer’s projects they post… Selling the furniture to the public and acing out the designer who created the look. So unethical and greedy. Both platforms should compensate the people who post content and definitely pay for use of copyrighted content.
YaelF
I also noticed this months ago except that they were tagging before photos with ugly outdated decor!
When asked about this they said they were just “testing things”.
Now I’m starting to notice that some pins don’t even click through unless you click on the title but it’s so random.
Customer service is completely useless. The hand doesn’t know what the foot is doing.
It’s extremely difficult as a Pinterest manager to have to explain what is going on.
Tina
Wow Kyla – outstanding work. I will be sharing anywhere I can. This needs to be addressed. Thank you so much for all the time and effort you put into this post.
Elizabeth@pineconesandacorns
This post is amazing an much appreciated. I think Pinterest is just one big catalog now, and it doesn’t really do anything for the content creator.As you say, these are your images and hard work and they are making money from you! No only that there would be NO PINTEREST without all of the bloggers and creatives that pin images to it. Sadly they have changed their algorythm so many times It is hard to see the benifit. From December to today I have gone from 4 million impressions a month to 236.00. Not only that, I go to pinterest for ideas and to learn, all I get are ads now. My home feed sucks. I don’t see anything changing and my feeling is that there will be a circle back to blogs the original creative content!
kyla
Elizabeth@pineconesandacornsThank you so much for taking the time to read. I still look for inspiration on Pinterest as a platform, but you’re right, it’s a bit more difficult to find. As far as impressions go, the analytics are all over the place. I refuse to look at the numbers anymore. Personally, I’ve put all my efforts into my blog and SEO. I’m taking business advice from Ben – take care of yourself first. I’m not sure where this goes from here, but hopefully, we’ll find a happy medium.
Juliet
Long-hauler here … so much valuable information. I was unaware of much of what you’ve presented and disappointed this is the direction Pinterest has headed. I hope this post is seen far and wide and effects change. Thank you.
kyla
JulietThank you for being a long hauler!!!!!!
Lora Bloomquist
Very detailed & well written. Will be sharing with all the blogging groups I can think of. I had just thought about the disclosure aspect the other day; we have to watch our butts on all that & they can put their little dots wherever they want! It angers me so much that they are using all our hard work to fill their pocketbooks. There needs to be an uproar; publicity, media coverage!
kyla
Lora BloomquistI can’t tell you how many times I have opened an email or visited a website where there’s a message that reads our terms and conditions have changed. Ya, ya, ok, I just need to find this one thing. I’m definitely going to be more careful and read before clicking ok.
Cindy Rust
Thank you for writing this post. Being a fairly new blogger (still learning all the things) I haven’t gotten too deep into Pinterest. I do use it but not to the fullest extent (only because of time constraints). While reading your post, I checked my own Pins and saw that many had been white dotted!!!! Agh!! I had no idea! I work hard at my photography, my tutorials, and my blog and it infuriates me that this is happening!!! I will share this in the Blogging FB groups that I belong to! Thank you for being a voice!!
kyla
Cindy RustDon’t get me wrong, Pinterest is an amazing platform for a creator! However, they have made a lot of changes since 2010. I’m all for capitalism, but I am not okay with Pinterest giving us the runaround when we question it.
Cheryl
Thid makes me mad! I will be sharing on social to get the word out! Are you just making your pins private?
Rachel
I read the whole thing and completely agree with everything you’ve said. This has also got me thinking though. I have one pin that has been doing amazingly well over the last few months. A beautiful interiors shot. It is literally riddled with shoppable tags. The cynical part of me is now wondering if this is doing well not only because it’s a lovely image but also because it is a good revenue earner for Pinterest. Is their algorithm now pushing the pins that are doing well at selling products? As a test, which may be to my detriment I have done what one of the other commenters above said and added my own product tag back to my website. This has disabled the Pinterest product tags. I will be keeping a close eye to see if this pin now drops into obscurity.
HoH reader
Thank you for posting this. Content creators are often undervalued for their work. Readers expect recipe bloggers to create recipe after recipe and publish them with no return. Then there’s Pinterest whose content is all user generated, yet they pull stunts like this. I’ve always felt that Pinterest is all smoke and mirrors. The left hand never knows what the right is doing. You write in about a problem five times and get five different answers with no resolution. Say goodbye to Pinterest and focus on other traffic and revenue streams.
Robin
Yes! Back in October I reached out to Pinterest with this exact complaint after I saw this was happening to another pinterest account. I’ve shortened the thread to the essentials but basically the outcome was as you noted…. confusing, insufficient and didn’t fix the problem. Thank you for raising this issue and we will post, repost and repost your article.
TO PINTEREST CUSTOMER SUPPORT: Can you please explain why some pins have a “View Products” tag on them that are NOT approved by the original pin creator, and do not go to the website linked to that pin? Instead it sends you to a collection of products that were not curated by the pin creator, nor does that pin creator receive any commission for the sale of those products, and in fact, it appears they compete with the products that the original pin posted was intended to promote on their site. I also do not see any statement regarding who is actually selling the products, or if they are making a commission. These feels inappropriate for the original pin creator and misleading for the user. An example is noted below. Essentially it appears as if someone else (Pinterest?) is using/stealing the hard work and engagement another pinner has invested to lead users away from that pin and to make money off of them. Am I understanding this correctly?
FROM PINTEREST: This is Mia, from the Pinterest support team!
I’ve checked the pin and was unable to find the view products tag. Please find the attached screenshot.
Further, the pin which is created on the account can only be saved to other accounts. However, the other users will not be able to edit the pin or tag any products to it. Only the owner of the pin will be able to edit the pin.
Feel free to contact us back, if you’ve any further queries.
My REPLY TO PINTEREST: I think you misunderstood my question and concern. The pin I used as an example was created by one account (not mine, just using this as an example) and when I click on that link I gave you https://www.pinterest.com/pin/241716704987924825/ it absolutely shows up with a view product tag. See below. And when you click on the view products it takes you to a collection of products that the original pinner did not curate, nor are they getting any commission on. So essentially, Pinterest is using someone else’s pin to sell products – when that pin should be driving traffic to THEIR link and the products on THEIR site. This feels like an inappropriate use of someone else’s pin by Pinterest.
REPLY from PINTEREST: The product tag feature on your account has been removed. You should no longer see the product tag option.
Drop me a line if you need anything else. Stay safe!
My REPLY TO PINTERST; I was NOT asking to have the product tag removed from my account. So please replace that option for my account. I was asking why the product tag on the pin I used as an EXAMPLE that is NOT from my account led to products that I know the original pinner did not curate nor is receiving a commission from. It appears that Pinterest was using another person’s pin to sell product. And I wondered why that was.
Please confirm that you have replaced the tag option for our account. Thank you.
REPLY FROM PINTEREST: I’ve successfully reactivated the product tags feature on your account.
Further, showing pins that don’t belong to their account, is something expected at the moment, this is why we have the opt-out feature.
I’m afraid, if you do not want other pins being displayed on your account, the only option is to opt-out from the feature.
Further, I’ve sent your feedback to our internal team to look into this. We’re always working to find ways to make Pinterest easier for businesses to use, and ideas like yours help shape our products for the better. We take comments seriously, and many changes to Pinterest came from suggestions from partners like you.
Your patience and understanding are highly appreciated. Feel free to contact us back, if you’ve any further queries.
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At this point I wanted to slit my wrists. Not only did they NEVER understand the question (or pretended not to) they went ahead and made suggestions for something entirely unrelated.
Kudos to you if you can get a sensible answer from them. In the meantime let us know what else we can do to push this issue. Thank you!
Robin
Robincan you please correct my email address – sorry! [email protected]
Heather
I disagree with a lot of what you’ve said, but I’m not going to waste my time arguing. What I am going to do is point out a flaw in your post when talking about the copyright part of Pinterest’s TOS. I have a Masters in Information and Library Studies which included copyright law, so I do know what I’m talking about. Simply put, the copyright law you have quoted from their TOS is needed for Pinterest to actually work. Without it, you couldn’t pin anything from anyone’s boards because you wouldn’t have permission to do so. By including a blanket statement of permission in the TOS it means everyone has permission to do it. Not Pinterest, all the users.
If you want to see an example of bad copyright in a TOS where a company actually is using your images and selling them to other companies, and you’ve given them permission then look no further than Instragram. I see you use it quite frequently and every single photo you post they can sell. Considering how high quality your photographs are I’d be more concerned with that then Pinterest’s TOS if I was you.
kyla
HeatherTrue statement but I’m not talking IG. Going back to Pinterest’s TOS, and this was pointed out me by my copyright lawyer, Amanda Schreyer, they are indeed saying creators are giving Pinterest permission to publish their images but it’s the sub-license and transferable license that turns into a vague, gray area where deciphering specifics could be argued. Creators need to read those TOS updates to protect themselves.
kyla
kylaOoooh, you should only see replies that I send. Are you seeing everyone’s? Also, it’s not a subscription…it’s some plugin I installed years ago as a reply to the commenter only…but if it’s replying to every comment, ya, that’s getting turned off.
Rick
Ok, I get it. But I think you’re missing the point regarding the pin design suggestions for content creators vs. Pinterest business users. As soon as you start using a business account, you are an advertiser, not a content creator. People who sell things want their brands front and centre. People who like posting pretty pictures do not.
kyla
RickNope, you’re missing the point. I am a business. I am a brand. Content creation makes me money. My Pinterest account is a business account. My pins are advertisements for my blog. Read the other 2 blog posts.
Marie
I recently had a ‘discussion’ with them over what they want on story pins – essentially my whole post so that no Pinterest user needs to go to my website to see it – and was already frustrated. Coming across this post has troubled me even more. In my chat with them about story pins so obviously being used to keep users on Pinterest and away from my site, I suggested that they needed to care a little more about the content creators that provide the content that keeps Pinterest relevant in the first place but they didn’t get it, or pretended not to. This is now the second huge issue that has come to my attention in as many weeks and it’s very disheartening after all the hours of hard work that go into making this content, that a company is so willing to profit from it at a cost to my small business.
Maria
Thank you for this!
There is another problem with Pinterest right now, people no longer repin my photos, but they download them to their device and reupload them, so they can remove credits, captions and the direct link. Bye Bye traffic.
For example the pinaccount
N O U V E L E. (Het profile pic belongs to someone else).
almost all her pis are stolen from others, sometimes she even adds her own name (belle fille). And there is no way to report accounts who do this, even though it is against Pinterest policy?
She gets over a million views per month, the photographers get nothing. And there are so many similar accounts who profit from the hard work of others. All my boards are hidden now, I lost my appetite.
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Kriss K
I am coming at this from a different point of view. I love my boards and occasionally shop from them. But why has it become a shopping site and
no longer a place to keep ideas and things we love. There are so many of
us that are upset. The shopping board? Forced and on the front page? It was
never a shopping site and now that’s all it is. It’s sad. Why not separate the business from the rest? It’s turned into a giant shopping website. And that’s it.
Rita
interesting reading. pintrest recently ran an article about a university student
researching ior a anchemical substance to help with weight loss. the story goes on to say she has isolated it & it is now being produce for sale. lots of pics of people’s weight loss & a ordering sit wit offers to get more for less.. like I fool I ordered a 2 for one price. my visa card has been used for payment or I should say overpayment. then they had the hide to charge me again over $200 dollars. much to ing & froing I finally got 1 bottle & they will not continue the monthly fee. I never get agreed to any carry on order. I have been duped out if nearly $ 300 for one bottle of pills. I am furious. have tried to get pintrest to help me refund the article, no such luck disgusted member