I just don’t get Pinterest.
Maybe I haven’t given it a fair shake.
No. Scratch that. I know I haven’t given it a fair shake. I don’t know why, either.
I’m not a Pinterest hater. I don’t want to be like those Twitter haters who say, “I don’t want to tweet about what I’m having for lunch. Who cares?” (The Pinterest equivalent: “Who cares if I pin my recipe for spinach enchiladas?”) I know — intellectually, at least — that there’s more to Pinterest than recipe exchanges, just as there’s more to Twitter than discussing lunch.
But I haven’t taken the Pinterest plunge.
Maybe it has to do with timing. Pinterest arrived on the scene at about the same time as a bad case of social media overload. It happened right about the same time I decided to create a Quora account. (Which is something that makes even less sense to me than Pinterest.) Part of me doesn’t want to wade into yet another social media environment that I don’t have time for.
I get that Pinterest is a valid social media environment, and that colleges and universities are using it as another way to connect with audiences. And according to this post, I shouldn’t overlook its value as a marketing tool.
So maybe it’s time to give Pinterest another look. (I do have a Pinterest account of my very own. But as you’ll discover if you click the link, there’s nothing to see there.)
Maybe you Pinterest fans can convince me in the comments.
Andy writes! 