PinterestReviews 482

I used to LOVE Pinterest. I got all of my ideas, healthy recipes, and school lunches from them, but one day while I was just sliding through Pinterest, they suspended me for nothing! It sent me a gmail saying, "You have been suspended for 7 days because you broke our spam policy." What even is a spam?!? Any way bottom line is Pinterest has good ideas and valuable things, but is all that worth being suspended/ spammed? Also they need to stop suspending people for things they didn't do. My advice, avoid Pinterest and just get Google.

I used to use Pinterest all of this month, but after getting a copyright claim, I decided to close my account. Why? Because I found out on another site that people who make pins on Pinterest basically steal art from websites like deviantArt and even images from Wikis. Also, the site will literally spam you with images you may not want to see, and on two occasions, I have come across some disgusting images that I reported. This is not a social media site worth using, especially since it's full of stolen art and images.

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Gord Lindsay
Tried promoted pins. Selected $0.13 per click thru with a budget of $10.00. Low budget because been ripped off by click thru ads before. Some work others don, t. Some use "posers" to boost click thru. Promoted ads never seemed to work properly. Billed for 539 clicks $70.00 (budget $10.00?). No sales or identifiable interest. Kijiji - pay $5-$10 per mo 10-20 click thru usually 2-3 sales. Quit pinterest. Disputing charges Visa says contact pinterest. No response to my emails. Tried email address for pinterest I got from Visa - undeliverable. Tried phone # from Visa 5 times - mail box full. Tried 2nd phone # from Visa 5 times left message no response. PINTEREST RIPOFF.

Pinterest is now fascist & insane. They have closed multiple accounts of anyone who even questions mainstream "allopathic" (sick care) medicine, vaccine choice, alternative or holistic approaches to disease, etc. They have stripped users ("pinners") of their basic rights of freedom of thought, freedom of sharing ideas and information, and freedom to express grievances of censorship. Their narrowly defined content-based restrictions infringe on our basic First Amendment rights. They boldly censor us under the absurd guise of protecting us from fake news and misinformation'. This is just crazy. I am closing my Pinterest account in protest and outrage. I refuse to be censored. We have the power over social platforms. I strongly suggest you exercise your rights of freedom of thought, ideas, and sharing on the internet, before all rights are removed from you: Close your Pinterest account & write a review explaining that you refuse to be censored. It's really that simple.

Pinterest is a great site to find pics that you can't find with the search engines. One downside i've noticed that I can't seem to get help with is the fact that I cannot log in to my account. I've tried typing my details manually, with no success, i've tried logging in with my google account with no success. But, even though i've deleted my facebook account, I think that I WOULD be able to log in with facebook, because just like wish.com, they want your personal details to sell you ads & other unwanted things...

I joined Pinterest about a year ago and i think it's pretty cool! You can have as many folders you want and save whatever you like! I use it to manage ideas and stuff i might use later.

There's some interesting reviews herein - and most of them are not real good!
I've rattled these guys a few times before, but to no-avail! They're most likely overdosed with issues and problems, such that they can no longer manager what they have.

In short, I think it is a pretty good application, where their intent is to mainly accommodate images of some of the better things in life, eg, fashion, cooking, collections, history etc. However, their boundary fence is full of holes and there is a good level of crap now linked to their system. It is this cancer if you like, that they cannot seem to manage.

From what I can tell, they will attack or suspend many legitimate pinners, but they also seem to tolerate many rat-infested boards, eg, if a user really drills into this application they will find it is one of the worst porn sites going - with thousands of images and gif's.

I have myself for example, raised my concern about a number of boards relating to child abuse. While they deleted those particular boards, I did not get a response from them about these (or anything else)!

The other issue that some users don't seem to know is that they may opt to 'pin' an acceptable looking image, but the same may be linked to a bad website - the next thing they know - they're suspended!

While they seem to have the ability to raise capital etc, they do not seem to have the brains to drive their application with say higher levels of security and warnings - to accommodate images of say nudity, accidents, wars, executions etc. Everything is certainly in the one big bucket for the kids and all to see.

Mind you, the whole Internet environment is the same - but therein, you don't get suspended!

Users just need to accept that this application is not a professional system like Linkedin and that they, young and old, can be exposed to some pretty bad stuff. Hence all the complaints!

The best approach is not to use it or even recommend it - especially if you don't want to waste any of your own time. In the end, I have found it to be one of the biggest time wasters on the planet!

Welcome to the real world!

I had 10,000 followers, had 200,000 posts, been on Pinterest since 2008. I got blocked for a complaint of posting nudity, when I first started. The picture I actually posted was of Michaelangelo. I did not consider that nudity, since it was a famous statue and you could just walk through and look at it. This I explained, and they reactivated my account. BTW, this was a post someone else posted, I reposted. Friday, I got a msg from Pinterest saying my account had been suspended for SPAM. I stated my case that I had never posted spam that I knew of. Could they tell me what I posted? They sent me back a msg, telling me after review they were not going to reactivate my account because most of my posts were spam. This is not true. I even complained years ago about all the posts that lead to something to buy, or lead you to nonexistent websites. They told me to just quit following those individuals? I only reposted, posts that I liked. If some got through I guess, I did not know that they were spam. Anyway, I lost everything, all my followers, all my posts 8 to 10 years of posts. No recourse, blocked for good, can't open a new account. I am between devastated and angry. They wont even work with you, talk to you, or see if someone maybe hacked your account. Anyone else run into this issue?