Pinterest is for self-centered housewives

I use Pinterest for interesting things that I want to keep track of, kind of like a photo version of a bookmark, nothing more, nothing less.

I'm convinced that as a site though, it's contributing to a completely globalized mass culture. I see stuff show up that other people posted that originated on Chinese message boards, and I see friends in Asia posting recipes and craft ideas that originated on the mommyblog of some random bored midwestern housewife.

Harold Pinter, wondering wtf this has to do with him.

Wondering what a viking helmet full of clam sauce would weigh on Venus.

It doesn't matter. As we all know only losers use social networks.

/Loser and proud of it.

I dont know how it got so big, you can't even register

My wife has made some damn fine sammiches inspired by pinterest.

It frightens & confuses me though

Somewhere in a remote hollowed-out volcano lair, Larry and Sergy are stroking their white persian cats and feeding a few hapless minions to their pet sharks for G+ still not being #1.

We're going to have an entire planet covered in boring solipsists who won't stop advertising the fact.

The single time I visited Pinterest, I had a simultaneous DeVeDe creation going (about 2/3 done), and clicking on one image caused my work computer to shut itself down.

I have never had that happen before, and the dependent variable was the visit to Pinterest. Normally, the college maintains its equipment in really good shape.

My wife uses pinterest for baby stuff and recipes. She's made some really good food from recipes she's found. Also, some simple, helpful household tips (like using those giant black paperclips to keep your cel phone charger cord anchored to a table). While I don't use it, myself, I don't see what all the hate is about. It's just a way for folks to share their interests.

People who use the internet differently me are the worst!

Get with it, Subby. Pinterest was Danger Mouse's sidekick.

Ed Finnerty: Get with it, Subby. Pinterest was Danger Mouse's sidekick.

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Er, no that was Penfold.

A breakdown of Pinterest:

40% This is Why You're Fat.
20% Dieting/fitness inspirationals.
15% Cool household/gardening ideas.
10% Pictures of braided hair.
10% Outfits poster will wear after losing those last 70 pounds.
5% Memes/photoshops posted over and over.

Pinterest is just 4chan for broads.

db2: Pinterest is just 4chan for broads.

Dude. Seriously.

Chicks don't like it when you call 'em broads.

Soooo... Pinterest is just a compressed tumblr then? Maybe we're approaching the singularity of shared information to where we don't have to post anything because we already know it.

/duuuuude.

/early Easter morning

Britney Spear's Speculum: Pinterest is Tumblr for self-centered housewives

Edited for more truthiness.

skodabunny: Ed Finnerty: Get with it, Subby. Pinterest was Danger Mouse's sidekick.

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Er, no that was Penfold.

...wait, I thought that was Tennessee Tuxedo's sidekick...

My lady and I use it to track costuming ideas. It's a bit clunky and slow, but we haven't found a happy alternative yet. Being able to back into the original site is a major help.

/not a housewife

Thanks, I was wondering what this was about. Not enough to check it out myself, though.

Bladel: Wife has almost completely quit Facebook our marriage for Pinterest.

I can't decide if this is progress or regression.

Searches for "fist farking" and "lesbian strapon" come up with no hits. It feels like the internet as we know it is changing.

IlGreven: Britney Spear's Speculum: Pinterest is just Tumblr without the NSFW content for self-centered housewives.

Edited for more truthiness.

Even more truthiness.

I tried Pinterest and found it way too femmy.

I also didn't find anything that I couldn't do with Tumblr.

People just reblog a lot of stuff they either don't have or didn't make just to feel good. Okay, I guess.
And the "pinboards" are not different from "tags" in practical terms.

Now, 52% of the world population is women, so obviously the site has a lot of growth potential.

Pinterest will become the GoodHousekeeping/random-female-oriented-magazine of yesteryear.

And Google+ isn't going anywhere. Only geeks and geeks-wannabes are using that site. Hot chicks and dance club jocks are nowhere near the place.

Never heard of it before now. Site has great web design (I love forever-scrollers), but the content.... ugh. I think my penis inverted and just got my period reading it.

geek_mars: My wife uses pinterest for baby stuff and recipes. She's made some really good food from recipes she's found. Also, some simple, helpful household tips (like using those giant black paperclips to keep your cel phone charger cord anchored to a table). While I don't use it, myself, I don't see what all the hate is about. It's just a way for folks to share their interests.

This is what I came to post.

The only thing interesting is the war between the born-agains and the never weres

At first, I hoped it was some kind of beer website.

All i use it for is to track and sort pictures/links from the web. I have almost every 'social' feature turned off and i set it up with a dummy name/address

Pinterest, whatever the hell that is, is now the 3rd largest social network on the nets

... on the Pinternets?

dletter: women are generally more visual than men

Women are definitely more auditory and men more visual.

However, women are more detail oriented.

RandomAxe: Pinterest is 90% a combination of:

- Shopping / food porn

and

- Hobbies that people want to have without having to actually do

There's nothing wrong with that, but there's nothing sensational about it, either.

Pinterest's reknown as an innovative bookmarking site is mostly due to the general decline of bookmarking. All the major browsers have shiatty bookmarking, but the public's attention span is so short they don't remember that bookmarking used to be much better.

How has bookmarking gotten worse? Name examples. Everything that has worked in Netscape 4 and Internet Explorer 5.5 still works in Firefox 11. Ctrl or Cmd D to to bookmark, and organize into folders as you please. You can even sync your bookmarks, history and logins across several computers.

Pinterest: All the attraction of scrapbooking without the annoying gluestick.

HempHead: dletter: women are generally more visual than men

Women are definitely more auditory and men more visual.

However, women are more detail oriented.

Yeah, hard to argue women are more "visual" when men are:

1.- The best painters
2.- The best film directors
3.- Very excited by just looking at girls.

Mugato: "When he moved to Malibu he had to go door to door and tell everyone he was on pinterest".?

"What's a... pinterest, Walter?"

Britney Spear's Speculum: Pinterest is for self-centered housewives

Bingo.

My wife hates it for that very reason.

Maybe it's just her circle of friends, but it seems a place dreams go to be lamented over, rather than acted upon.

Superjew: Pinterest: All the attraction of scrapbooking without the annoying gluestick.

This, basically. "I saw a picture, but my friends are tired of my constant emails... I know! I'll pin it on Pinterest, and brag to everyone about how I saw this picture!"

Man, I can't wait when we stop talking to each other entirely and just point & grunt at stuff.

It sounds like a woman's magazine on the internet. Which means 1) nothing new, and 2) baarrffff.

/I'm not a very good "woman."
//Yes, I have looked at the site.

Pinterest sounds more like a social network for microbooze hounds.

Britney Spear's Speculum: Pinterest is for self-centered housewives

Wait a minute, my daughter-in-law is seriously into Pinterest and she...OK, you're right.

Pinterest is 4chan for women.

Apparently facebook women have finally gotten tired of farmville.

Britney Spear's Speculum: Pinterest is for self-centered housewives

I'm a college student, and females at Mizzou are freaking obsessed with that website. I'm seeing a girl, but if I wasn't, I'd be on that site 24/7/365. It's freaking crawling with chicks.

Guys these days just have everything handed to them... innocuous websites bursting at the seams with young women... back in my day we actually had to play the game.

How's that google+ thing working out?

You're in!

I'm excited to invite you to join Pinterest, a social catalog. I can't wait to have you join our little community.

To create your Pinterest account, click the link below and push the blue "FB Connect" button. You can also join with Twitter.



Oh, whatever will I do?

I don't use facebook or twitter.

They try to lure you in with the cartmanland strategy; ask you to request an invite to join; then take days to send you one.

I want to join an anti social site; oh wait I'm already a member of one of those; fark.

Phil McKraken: Pinterest is 4chan for women.

So they have a lot of "rate my vagoo" threads?

Ed Finnerty: Phil McKraken: Pinterest is 4chan for women.

So they have a lot of "rate my vagoo" threads?

No, it's just a huge waste of time looking at pictures.

HawaiiE: My wife has made some damn fine sammiches inspired by pinterest.

It frightens & confuses me though

good to know you have her trained well enough to stay in the kitchen.

Phil McKraken: Ed Finnerty: Phil McKraken: Pinterest is 4chan for women.

So they have a lot of "rate my vagoo" threads?

No, it's just a huge waste of time looking at pictures.

But pictures is what I come here for.

Might I suggest MANteresting? (new window)

I'm a girl and I still prefer it to Pinterest. There are only so many wedding dresses and cute babies a person can look at before starting to feel semi-insane.

Mugato: I can't believe MySpace is still in second place. But I guess it just is by default. I'm sure Google+ will take off an minute now.

Only if google hires more people.

/as googlers and ex-googlers seem to be the only people who use it.

Marine1: Britney Spear's Speculum: Pinterest is for self-centered housewives

I'm a college student, and females at Mizzou are freaking obsessed with that website. I'm seeing a girl, but if I wasn't, I'd be on that site 24/7/365. It's freaking crawling with chicks.

Guys these days just have everything handed to them... innocuous websites bursting at the seams with young women... back in my day we actually had to play the game.

Except is there a way to see who's local? Kinda pointless to flirt/stalk someone from California if you're in Nebraska. Even across your own state is pointless.

gingerjet: Mugato: I can't believe MySpace is still in second place. But I guess it just is by default. I'm sure Google+ will take off an minute now.

Only if google hires more people.

/as googlers and ex-googlers seem to be the only people who use it.

I totally get that not everyone is going to like every social networking site. If people don't like Google+ and don't want to use - I absolutely understand. I also understand that my friends may or may not represent the population at large but.....having said that.....

Most of my friends and family actively complain about Facebook. Everyone has some story about how Facebook screwed up something or changed something. Even the people I know who enjoy integrated Facebook games still hate that OTHER people's annoying Facebook games spam them.

Google+ seems like a totally awesome alternative to Facebook. And whenever I talk to people about it, I always hear that 'Yeah - but nobody uses it' as the sole reason for not using it.

I have friends and family who actively dislike Facebook but who won't use Google+ because 'nobody' uses it. They won't even make accounts!

Fark_Guy_Rob:

Google+ seems like a totally awesome alternative to Facebook. And whenever I talk to people about it, I always hear that 'Yeah - but nobody uses it' as the sole reason for not using it.

I have friends and family who actively dislike Facebook but who won't use Google+ because 'nobody' uses it. They won't even make accounts!

Because a social network's value is in the amount of people that uses it.
If nobody uses it, then it doesn't have a value.

It's called "reaching critical mass".

rocky_howard: Fark_Guy_Rob:

Google+ seems like a totally awesome alternative to Facebook. And whenever I talk to people about it, I always hear that 'Yeah - but nobody uses it' as the sole reason for not using it.

I have friends and family who actively dislike Facebook but who won't use Google+ because 'nobody' uses it. They won't even make accounts!

Because a social network's value is in the amount of people that uses it.
If nobody uses it, then it doesn't have a value.

It's called "reaching critical mass".

All it would take for critical mass is for people like my friends to create accounts. It's so trivial - considering how most online time is spent (wasted on sites like Fark and Facebook).

I guess what amazes me is the unbelievable amount of laziness. Again, if someone loves Facebook and doesn't want to use anything else - more power to them. But when you are willing to actively complain about how bad Facebook is - while being unable to create an account on a new replacement that doesn't have many of the things you are complaining about.....

It's like complaining about the TV show that is currently on; but refusing to press the up button on the remote control.

It's just a staggering amount of laziness.

// I'm absolutely not including people who dislike Google+ for other reasons or whom simply think Facebook is better.

Omnis_evil_twin: A breakdown of Pinterest:

40% This is Why You're Fat.
20% Dieting/fitness inspirationals.
15% Cool household/gardening ideas.
10% Pictures of braided hair.
10% Outfits poster will wear after losing those last 70 pounds.
5% Memes/photoshops posted over and over.

So it's like fark, only with 'Dieting/fitness' in place of LOLcats.

HempHead: dletter: women are generally more visual than men

Women are definitely more auditory and men more visual.

However, women are more detail oriented.

is that why women wear make-up and men lie?

Fark_Guy_Rob: rocky_howard: Fark_Guy_Rob:

Google+ seems like a totally awesome alternative to Facebook. And whenever I talk to people about it, I always hear that 'Yeah - but nobody uses it' as the sole reason for not using it.

I have friends and family who actively dislike Facebook but who won't use Google+ because 'nobody' uses it. They won't even make accounts!

Because a social network's value is in the amount of people that uses it.
If nobody uses it, then it doesn't have a value.

It's called "reaching critical mass".

All it would take for critical mass is for people like my friends to create accounts. It's so trivial - considering how most online time is spent (wasted on sites like Fark and Facebook).

I guess what amazes me is the unbelievable amount of laziness. Again, if someone loves Facebook and doesn't want to use anything else - more power to them. But when you are willing to actively complain about how bad Facebook is - while being unable to create an account on a new replacement that doesn't have many of the things you are complaining about.....

It's like complaining about the TV show that is currently on; but refusing to press the up button on the remote control.

It's just a staggering amount of laziness.

// I'm absolutely not including people who dislike Google+ for other reasons or whom simply think Facebook is better.

It seems more like bystander effect. They're waiting for enough other people to make G+ worthwhile, but that's what everyone is doing so no one actually makes the move.

I clicked a few links, it sort of tossed me all over the site, and then I got to this...

I'm going to make it cut/paste because I want to know that the people who opened it really meant to open it...

http://pinterest.com/pin/180495897535824864/

I've seen some, well, strange things in my life. This isn't a the most strange thing I have ever seen but it is certainly up there with the best of the best. Or maybe the worst of the worst. It is hard to judge really.

Baryogenesis:
It seems more like bystander effect. They're waiting for enough other people to make G+ worthwhile, but that's what everyone is doing so no one actually makes the move.

Well, also, there really is little point in being an early adopter of a social network that none of your friends use. Facebook got an early boost by being a university student thing, and that really built a solid base to expand on.

Arkanaut: Pinterest, whatever the hell that is, is now the 3rd largest social network on the nets

... on the Pinternets?

PINSANITY!!

No Such Agency: Baryogenesis:
It seems more like bystander effect. They're waiting for enough other people to make G+ worthwhile, but that's what everyone is doing so no one actually makes the move.

Well, also, there really is little point in being an early adopter of a social network that none of your friends use. Facebook got an early boost by being a university student thing, and that really built a solid base to expand on.

All Google needs to do (IMHO) is partner with some breast cancer charity or something and promise to donate $1 for every new person who signs up for Google+ and posts a message.

In the fine print they could have protection against abuse and an upper limit of X million dollars.

But whatever - this is way off-topic. Pinterest is a decent way to waste time on the internet

workaholicandy: HempHead: dletter: women are generally more visual than men

Women are definitely more auditory and men more visual.

However, women are more detail oriented.

is that why women wear make-up and men lie?

Its why women's shirts cost more to dry clean then mens.

Fark_Guy_Rob: No Such Agency: Baryogenesis:
It seems more like bystander effect. They're waiting for enough other people to make G+ worthwhile, but that's what everyone is doing so no one actually makes the move.

Well, also, there really is little point in being an early adopter of a social network that none of your friends use. Facebook got an early boost by being a university student thing, and that really built a solid base to expand on.

All Google needs to do (IMHO) is partner with some breast cancer charity or something and promise to donate $1 for every new person who signs up for Google+ and posts a message.

In the fine print they could have protection against abuse and an upper limit of X million dollars.

But whatever - this is way off-topic. Pinterest is a decent way to waste time on the internet

A viral campaign might help too. Pick the top 4 or 5 things people really hate about Facebook, and then just get a few YouTube videos of some kid using what looks like FaceBook and saying "dang I really hate all these Farmville requests (or the other things people hate)" and then a caption "Google+: escape the bullshiat". "Sick of the 'timeline'? Google+"

Something along those lines to get the word out that G+ doesn;t have all the nonsense of Facebook.

I am a huge Harold Pinter fan and I never even heard of this until now.

Article prompted me to have a look

Some good porn there, eg

Link (new window)

geek_mars: My wife uses pinterest for baby stuff and recipes. She's made some really good food from recipes she's found. Also, some simple, helpful household tips (like using those giant black paperclips to keep your cel phone charger cord anchored to a table). While I don't use it, myself, I don't see what all the hate is about. It's just a way for folks to share their interests.

So that's where my wife got the idea.

Phil McKraken: Pinterest is 4chan for women.

It's more like Fark for women. At least, that's what my wife thinks.

Pinterest is an anagram for rett penis.

Why do I think this is a marketing scheme from hell?

I haven't heard of it until this Fark post, and now links are all over my Facebook page. WTF?

Pornterist ?

Wow, what a thread of old men yelling at clouds.

Here's the timeline of most people in this thread

circa 1990: AOL? Who needs the internet? It's for nerds!
Circa 1995: Netscape? No, sir, I will stick with my AOL/Internet Explorer
Circa 2000: High speed internet? No way, what's there to see that fast? Besides, I'll lose my AOL e-mail
Circa 2003: MySpace? I already have a Geocities page. What's the point?
Circa 2005: Facebook? What's the point, I don't get it. I've already got a MySpace page.
Circa 2006: Twitter? What's that? You post about your breakfast? That'll never go anywhere.
Circa 2012: Pinterest? I don't get it. I have Facebook.
Circa 2013: Spost-it? Doesn't Pinterest do this already? That's for bored office workers.

G+ hasn't (and will never) reach escape velocity. It's like one of those 60's Soviet reproductions of an American towns.

Ed Willy: Wow, what a thread of old men yelling at clouds.

Here's the timeline of most people in this thread

circa 1990: AOL? Who needs the internet? It's for nerds!
Circa 1995: Netscape? No, sir, I will stick with my AOL/Internet Explorer
Circa 2000: High speed internet? No way, what's there to see that fast? Besides, I'll lose my AOL e-mail
Circa 2003: MySpace? I already have a Geocities page. What's the point?
Circa 2005: Facebook? What's the point, I don't get it. I've already got a MySpace page.
Circa 2006: Twitter? What's that? You post about your breakfast? That'll never go anywhere.
Circa 2012: Pinterest? I don't get it. I have Facebook.
Circa 2013: Spost-it? Doesn't Pinterest do this already? That's for bored office workers.

I would like to invest in your "Spost-it".

Ed Willy: Wow, what a thread of old men yelling at clouds.

Here's the timeline of most people in this thread

circa 1990: AOL? Who needs the internet? It's for nerds!
Circa 1995: Netscape? No, sir, I will stick with my AOL/Internet Explorer
Circa 2000: High speed internet? No way, what's there to see that fast? Besides, I'll lose my AOL e-mail
Circa 2003: MySpace? I already have a Geocities page. What's the point?
Circa 2005: Facebook? What's the point, I don't get it. I've already got a MySpace page.
Circa 2006: Twitter? What's that? You post about your breakfast? That'll never go anywhere.
Circa 2012: Pinterest? I don't get it. I have Facebook.
Circa 2013: Spost-it? Doesn't Pinterest do this already? That's for bored office workers.

Yeah, all the cool kids are into rice krispy treat recipes and creative ways to organize closets.

Pinterest is reddit for women.

Nobody's hating on female.

Well, at least I'm not.

I'm just saying it like it is. Pinterest is for women.

Pinterest is a successful version of moot's attempt at making a SFW 4chan, canv.as

the first guy, the one who said it's 4chan. You're right, take the prize. It's an image board. Everyone else, STFU.

moothemagiccow: the first guy, the one who said it's 4chan. You're right, take the prize. It's an image board. Everyone else, STFU.

Shut up. It's nothing like 4chan.
It's much more like Tumblr.
It's exactly like tumblr but with pins instead of tags.

Next level: "Pornterest.com"

Nice way to organize all those random fetishes!

It's super overwhelmed with outfits and makeup and other female-y things like that. But, I signed up with a fake name, turned off all the broadcasting rubbish, and it was actually quite handy to keep idea/furniture pics together for when I moved last month. So I suppose it can be useful.

themeaningoflifeisnot: I wonder how long it will be before people are lining up to sue Pinterest for facilitating copyright fraud?

The marketing data is worth far more than licensing fees.

Britney Spear's Speculum: Pinterest is for self-centered housewives

Pinterest is Fark w/ photos instead of headlines. Since housewives used it first, the majority of the articles shared are home-related, but it's evolving as it becomes more popular.

I was wondering what the new tracking cookie was on just about every site I've hit this weekend. I use Ghostery and it's showing that pinterest uses tracking cookies on other sites along with Facebook Connect and Facebook Social Plugins.