Unlike repinning, liking a pin does not cause that pin to appear in anyone else’s home feed. Repining is done by clicking the repin button that appears when hovering over a pin.īeside the repin button is the like button. Repinning allows content to proliferate through the site. Users can share existing content with their followers by repinning. Pinterest is a scrap booking tool and content sharing site. Repinning is very easy to understand once you grasp what a pin is. This is done simply by indicating who is able to pin to a board in the edit board menu. There is also the option to create collaborative boards. Secret boards can be made public at any time however, public boards cannot be changed to secret boards once they have been made visible. Users are only allowed to have up to three secret boards at a time. In fact they won’t be seen anywhere else on the site they can only be seen by the creator. Secret boards are not displayed to your followers or in any search results on pinterest. When running a search you must choose to display pins, boards or pinners.īoards are by default public to all users on pinterest, however, you can choose to make a board secret. Users have the option to follow other pinners or individual boards at a time.Ĭontent discovery can occur by exploring the home feed (there is an option to view either followers, categories, everything, popular or gifts) or by running a search. The home feed displays pins from pinners and boards which the user is following. It is important to note that content is proliferated through the Pinterest home feed. The boards themselves are defined by a title and a category. To install the “pin it” button visit the pin it button page in the about drop down menu. The “pin it button” can be installed upon registration to the site or later on. Pinning can also be done on the fly while surfing the web using the “pin it” (or bookmarklet) button. Clicking the add button will give you the option of adding a pin from a website, uploading a pin or creating new board. Pinning can be done by clicking the add+ button on the top menu bar. Pins also include information specifying the board in which it is pinned, the source (either uploaded or taken from the web) and an indication from whom it was repined (if indeed it was). It is the equivalent to the tweet on twitter.

Pinterest pin board