Pin It!: Pinterest Projects for the Real World

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Pinterest Site Bytes Purpose sharing ideas Type of Service website and app URL www pinterest com App name Pinterest Date of Founding March 2010 Founders Ben Silbermann Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp Compatible Devices Tablet Smartphone Laptop 6 Tech Terms Pin Pins are the images that make up Pinterest When users find content they want to post they turn it into pins This is called pinning A pin includes an image on the user’s board and a link to the website where the original content is located Repin If a user visits another user’s Pinterest profile he or she can repost that user’s pins to his or her own Pinterest profile This is called repinning Board Boards are how Pinners organize pins Users can name and organize their boards as they like The group of boards a user creates makes up his or her Pinterest profile