Pinterest - WTF?

[red-beard]

I did a web-search which lead to a Pinterest page. So, I signed up to read it.

OMG - I was spammed so much from that site that I closed my account. Who uses that?

[Geronimo '74]

I do, very little spam.

[id10t]

I don't, but I use extended addressing on my mail server. Basically my real address is me@mydomain.com but any mail sent to me-anything@mydomain.com gets delivered to me@mydomain.com.

So *every* place I do anything email with gets its own address, if I start getting spammed I change the mail server rules to send it back to them

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by id10t

I don't, but I use extended addressing on my mail server. Basically my real address is me@mydomain.com but any mail sent to me-anything@mydomain.com gets delivered to me@mydomain.com.

So *every* place I do anything email with gets its own address, if I start getting spammed I change the mail server rules to send it back to them

That is a great way to do it but not an option for us mere mortals without our own mail server.

[Holger]

I hate pinterest. whenever I do a image-search on google some/many of the results are located with pinterest. Try viewing those images!

[dad911]

Originally Posted by Holger

I hate pinterest. whenever I do a image-search on google some/many of the results are located with pinterest. Try viewing those images!

right click and select view in a new tab, it bypasses pinterest.

I think on normal searches you can click on the little downarrow, and view cache, w/o pinterest.

[URY914]

I'm on it without spam problems at all.

[dad911]

Originally Posted by URY914

I'm on it without spam problems at all.

gmail? spam went way down when we moved our email hosting to google.

[red-beard]

Well, I'll really call it UCE, but the issue is the default settings on Pinterest allow ANYONE to send junk mail to you.

And I tried to delete my account. you need to receive an e-mail and my e-mail system keeps deleting the e-mail!

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by Holger

I hate pinterest. whenever I do a image-search on google some/many of the results are located with pinterest. Try viewing those images!

This.
Pinterest pisses me off.

[URY914]

Originally Posted by dad911

gmail? spam went way down when we moved our email hosting to google.

yahoo

[1990C4S]

There is a ton of garbage there, but there's also some really talented people and some good ideas.

No different than youtube.

[DaveE]

Lots of great Porsche photos there.


If that interests anyone...

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by 1990C4S

There is a ton of garbage there, but there's also some really talented people and some good ideas.

No different than youtube.

The issue isn't the content, but that the site gave my e-mail address to a bunch of vendors who started sending out a dozen e-mails per hour.

[Holger]

Originally Posted by dad911

right click and select view in a new tab, it bypasses pinterest.

I think on normal searches you can click on the little downarrow, and view cache, w/o pinterest.

The problem is, the Google pinterest result is shown in a frame, pinterest quickly reloads the page without the frame and the image is gone.

I have no idea what pinterest is about.
This thread makes me wonder what it is used for?!