Pinterest usage down from 12 to 8 Million users

12 years ago

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

That was crazy short lived, if it's accurate.

So how long will the next social media trend hot site last? 3 weeks?

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Dan Allard

12 years ago

I had a good feeling that would happen. It went viral through Facebook, just like so many other things (think Kony 2012) but everyone on social media has extremely short attention spans. We get worked up and excited about something and forget about it a week later.

I never signed up for Pinterest, and I'm sure I don't really understand what they have to offer, but from my viewpoint it doesn't seem like they offer that much. Not enough to hold on to that excitement and surge of users. But I'm sure they made a lot of money so hopefully (for them) they can come up with a solution and retain their current users.

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

Good. Hopefully the 4M "users" it lost were spammers leaving due to their spam prevention efforts. I doubt that the article has accurate info if it is only counting those who sign in through Facebook. I've never used Pinterest in conjunction with Facebook.

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puritywebdesign

12 years ago

I've never used Pinterest, but this post prompted me to look up the story of Pinterest's founding, and it is pretty cool actually. The guy had a dream and stuck to, even when it did not take off in the early days.

If you read more than just the headline, you see at the end that this drop is an expected adjustment of the "hype" joiners leaving, while the people who really are interested in the project stick around.

I wouldn't totally write off Pinterest just yet.

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NoodlyDoodly

12 years ago

Originally Posted by puritywebdesign

I've never used Pinterest, but this post prompted me to look up the story of Pinterest's founding, and it is pretty cool actually. The guy had a dream and stuck to, even when it did not take off in the early days.

Yes, the dream of raping my website content in its entirety and making money off it while I'm stuck filing DCMA notices.

He had a dream to use a vanity-powered army of women to manually scrape third-party content and profit from it.

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by NoodlyDoodly

Yes, the dream of raping my website content in its entirety and making money off it while I'm stuck filing DCMA notices.

He had a dream to use a vanity-powered army of women to manually scrape third-party content and profit from it.

I have to agree on this one. A website model that relies on people submitting photos by the millions and millions which are mostly not theirs to use isn't going to be around for the long haul. After creating a site like this and knowing full well that copyrighted photos are used for the content, they then state in their TOS that users are fully responsible for the photos they submit and Pinterest has no responsibility.

In the beginning they even had a clause in their TOS that you give Pinterest the rights to the photos you submit including right to sell and use as they see fit. The people submitting those photos don't have the rights to give Pinterest those rights. They've taken that out of the TOS now.

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Joseph Robinson

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

Good. Hopefully the 4M "users" it lost were spammers leaving due to their spam prevention efforts. I doubt that the article has accurate info if it is only counting those who sign in through Facebook. I've never used Pinterest in conjunction with Facebook.

I'll second this. I'd bet a large portion of those lost were people trying to game the system that were quickly shut out. Good riddance.

I'm not sure Pinterest is just a fad though, I'd give it more time (and wait for more accurate numbers) before making a call one way or the other.

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fluffythewondercat 12 years ago

With any Next Big Thing there are always people who either don't get it or lose interest.

A few years ago pundits were moaning about "Twitter quitters."

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Michael Mayhew

12 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

Good. Hopefully the 4M "users" it lost were spammers leaving due to their spam prevention efforts. I doubt that the article has accurate info if it is only counting those who sign in through Facebook. I've never used Pinterest in conjunction with Facebook.

Great site, but lot's of spammy marketers trying to take advantage.

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Tadresources

12 years ago

I've been saying that this was going to happen for a while, though wow, I had no idea it would be THAT short lived!

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SEOMasters

12 years ago

Automated bots, repins and spammers might have killed it.
Ah well, they started of nice enough

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NoodlyDoodly 12 years ago

Originally Posted by SEOMasters

Automated bots, repins and spammers might have killed it.
Ah well, they started of nice enough

I'm rooting for the bots and the spammers on this one.
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llank

12 years ago

Have the spammers won?

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Legit SEO

12 years ago

Pinterest has more "staying power" than Twitter ever will.

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NoodlyDoodly 12 years ago

Twitter isn't based on criminal activity.

Pinterest, in contrast, is an outlaw that needs an old-fashioned public hanging.
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valuecreator 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Legit SEO

Pinterest has more "staying power" than Twitter ever will.

wow, that made my day

from now on I will follow your posts, you're a great CONTRARY INDICATOR.

Pinterest and Twitter are not even in the same GALAXY!!!

there are dozens of Pinterest out there. all they have is a buzz.

Twitter is a MONOPOLY.
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loads16017

12 years ago

pinterest will rise again. Im sure..

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BenL86

12 years ago

I always felt like pinterest would start to fade...

Compared to Twitter, the simplicity of twitter is what keeps it alive. Not exactly saying twitter is better, but just look at a handful of posts on twitter once in a while. It's mostly just simple nonsense, but that's what people want...

Hmm.. Either way.. It'll be interesting to see what comes of this. It might fail, but not anytime soon I think.

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mgreener

12 years ago

No third party site is good to build a long term business on. Social media and everything else will come and go. If you're able to leverage it while it lasts, good, but trying to turn every little fad into a marketing tool is sad and annoying.

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ahlexis

12 years ago

I bet that anybody who uploaded a Getty image to Pinterest is going to cost them a pretty penny! And as it well should, if the majority of their content is "hot" or suspect or pirated from others!

Word is, Getty Images has a full time staff very well versed in seeking out those who use their images without authorization.

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cjreynolds 12 years ago

Lets see...

If Gratefull Dead fans are called "Dead Heads", does that mean Pinterest fans are "Pin Heads"?
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JamesPenn

12 years ago

Pinterest is still very much alive for me and is still sending me 200-1,000 visitors per day which is more than Facebook and Twitter combined and then some.

Once Pinterest work out how to eradicate the spammers then it will continue to grow and grow.

James

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NoodlyDoodly

12 years ago

Originally Posted by JamesPenn

Pinterest is still very much alive for me and is still sending me 200-1,000 visitors per day which is more than Facebook and Twitter combined and then some.

Once Pinterest work out how to eradicate the spammers then it will continue to grow and grow.

James

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Enjoy it while it lasts my friend, enjoy it while it lasts.

Panic will soon hit the Pinterest head office.

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melanied

12 years ago

Judging by the people that I know outside of the marketing realm ("real" people, so to speak!

) - people are just as obsessed with Pinterest now as they ever were.

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tylerfred

12 years ago

Originally Posted by melanied

Judging by the people that I know outside of the marketing realm ("real" people, so to speak!

) - people are just as obsessed with Pinterest now as they ever were.

I totally agree with "melanied"... All my friends and family are utterly obsessed with Pinterest. I just don't get why it's that big of a deal? I actually never thought it would last very long though.

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bchez

12 years ago

For those of you interested in what the founder actually says about his dream, this is a neat video. Its an hour long, but if you are interested in start-ups, entrepreneurship, web apps, Pinterest, design, web development, marketing etc its a good watch.

Ben Silbermann Keynote Address at Alt Summit

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NoodlyDoodly

12 years ago

Your obsessed friends are really going to hate me.

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footfoot

12 years ago

Pinterest is all visual with little reading. People like pictures more than reading, thus the appeal.
It appeals to the ADD and laziness that each of us possess a wee bit of!

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briansmith84 12 years ago

I am obsessed with it, and I've also noticed that many of my friends have recently jumped on the wagon. But I've also noticed that some of my early friends do not as often frequent the site.
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