Pinterest

Julia wrote:

Aww well, do know I do sometimes spend more than 15 minutes on there

I tried doing that yesterday.  But it didn't seem to work out as planned.  I was on for a couple of hours.  I was actually very mad at myself yesterday for that.     But I was on longer than planned due to things that I pinned rather than what I searched for.  So I think I will make that it for the week.     Well, maybe the beginning of the week.    

Kristina wrote:

I agree- I like pinterest because I can easily organize things. I used tumblr for a while a couple of years ago, but I deleted my account there because I didn't like it if I wanted to go back and find a certain photo but the setup on tumblr made it difficult to do that. On pinterest, I have boards for different tv shows I like, different Holidays, one from writing tips and quotes, and a bunch of other ones. If I know what pin I want to go back to look for once I've already pinned it, I can just go to that board and usually I can find the pin no problem. (Though I say usually because a couple of my boards have a lot of pins on them).

That is basically why I quit tumblr, too.  I had two blogs on tumblr, but I didn't like that either.  Essentially, I had a musical-themed tumblr and a tumblr for everything else.  And that was a little ridiculous to "deal" with.  And that is why I became interested in Pinterest in the first place.

One thing I don't like about Pinterest is the "followers" thing.  You see, anyone can follow me, which is fine.  Pinterest isn't the only site that I am on like that.  That doesn't bother me - the fact of just anyone following me.  What bothers me is WHO the people are that are following me.  I have followed a couple of people that seem to have similar interests that I have.  I discovered today that I suddenly have a bunch of followers and why?  I don't know.  Mainly because they are basically travel-themed profiles.  I don't really care if they do follow me.  But I don't see WHY they are following ME except that they want me to follow them back because I think they are promoting themselves.  This is just my opinion, of course, but none of the people that started to follow me over the weekend have anything on their profiles that would even hint they'd have an interest in me.  I don't get that.  Unless it is a form of self-promotion.  I don't know.  I could be wrong. I've been known to be so over many things in life.