#internet_culture 

Pinterest is a social media service for publishing and discovery information in the form of pinboards. ![[Pasted image 20241031230803.png]]

## History
Founded in December 2009 from an earlier app called Tote. Grew rapidly in 2011.
Continued to grow through the 2010s
As of 2024, Pinterest continues to face criticism for censorship and [[Overprevalence of AI-generated content|overprevalence of AI-generated content]], as well as ads.


## Interface
![[Pasted image 20241031231949.png]]
(as of 2024)