On one hand, when I don't want to use Pinterest, I too curse how it takes over Google Images results.
But on the other hand, when I do want to use it, it's a great scrapbook and recommendation tool -- easy to capture images I find while browsing, and good at figuring out what else I'd like to see related to them on the same theme. A visual notebook with suggestions.
Things like:
- keep track of the bags I've been thinking about buying so I can see them all at once and find others I missed
- pin a bunch of home office photos I like, and then it suggests even more ideas (or garden ideas, or kitchen ideas, or workbench ideas...)
- pin all the recipes I've enjoyed making and that I want to make, and get even more suggestions that have the same dietary restrictions
- pin some things with a particular vibe -- let's say "motorcycle photos I think are cool" -- and get a better idea of the whole aesthetic or subculture or whatever they're from
For better or worse, it is really good at what it does. No argument that it pollutes search results, no argument that there are too many ads in the form of promoted pins, but underlying that, the recommendation algorithm is really useful.
But on the other hand, when I do want to use it, it's a great scrapbook and recommendation tool -- easy to capture images I find while browsing, and good at figuring out what else I'd like to see related to them on the same theme. A visual notebook with suggestions.
Things like:
- keep track of the bags I've been thinking about buying so I can see them all at once and find others I missed
- pin a bunch of home office photos I like, and then it suggests even more ideas (or garden ideas, or kitchen ideas, or workbench ideas...)
- pin all the recipes I've enjoyed making and that I want to make, and get even more suggestions that have the same dietary restrictions
- pin some things with a particular vibe -- let's say "motorcycle photos I think are cool" -- and get a better idea of the whole aesthetic or subculture or whatever they're from
For better or worse, it is really good at what it does. No argument that it pollutes search results, no argument that there are too many ads in the form of promoted pins, but underlying that, the recommendation algorithm is really useful.