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Stop Pinterest Posting on Facebook

Social Networks & Online Communities,

So Pinterest seems to be the fastest growing social media site right now and it definitely has it’s own little niche that makes it stand out from the rest. But the truth is it is still in relatively early stages and there are some issues that need tweaking.

One issue is how to stop all of your Pinterest pins being posted on your facebook wall. When you first sign in to Pinterest with your facebook logon, it automatically starts posting to your wall. In order to stop it doing this you need to go to your facebook settings, then to Apps and then edit the Pinterest app. You can stop it posting or else set the posts so that only you can see them.

It may well be the case that you don’t want all of your facebook friends seeing what you are posting on Pinterest so this is a good way to stop them knowing everything that you are doing on there.

What is Pinterest?

Internet, Social Networks & Online Communities

Pinterest is one of the newest of what can be classed as a social media site but with a bit of a difference. It could actually be grouped with sites like reddit and stumbleupon (and quite a few others too numerous to mention) but it seems to have captured people’s imagination a little better.

The key point of pinterest is that it is a kind of virtual pinboard for people to post things. But the way that it has been set up might be the key. In effect you ‘pin’ a picture to the pinterest board in a category that is relevant to the picture or web page that it came from. Others can see whatever you have pinned and if they like it they can ‘repin’ it.

If you are someone with a website then this can drive traffic to your site if people repin your page or picture in large numbers. If you can get something eye catching and useful that is pinned then it will get read and repinned quite a bit.

You can pin something by linking in with your twitter or facebook account or you can apply for a pinterest account where you will be put on the waiting list!

Is pinterest the new facebook or twitter though? If it continues to take off as it has then who knows?