Joan S.

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!