My interest in Pinterest

One of my favorite addictions at the moment is Pinterest - the social bookmarking service or a virtual pinboard, where you can add links and keep your stash of wonderful "stuff" from all over the world wide web. It's works exactly like ReBrick, where I'm Editor (except off course: ReBrick is limited too all the awe-inspiring content with LEGO bricks).

Pinterest Logo from Pinterest.com

Back to Pinterest. I've used it for a while now and except for minor bugs and glitches, the site works great. I do wish, there was some kind of tagging system. All pins are listed together in one big pile of mess and it's difficult to find the good stuff.

An example: I'm looking for inspiration to my upcoming wedding and want to find some inspiration for a vintage wedding dress circa 1920. I can search for it but the result is way too overwhelming if I search for 'vintage weeding dress' and very limited if I search for 1920 wedding dress.

I don't think tags will solve the problem of mess, but it will make it a lot easier to find the right stuff. I've started to use a lot of keywords when bookmarking.

I really love that the site is so easy to use and it's a great 'experience' with smooth sign up process and very easy to use pin button.

Other similar services are
We Heart it
Zootool
Fancy

Here's a few tips on good bookmarking etiquette:

Bookmark from the root
When you pin something from Pinterest, make sure to go the article instead of the blog roll or the front page of a website.

Do not hotlink
Hotlink or inline linking is when you link to the image - and not the webpage. There's several reasons why you should not do that - see wikipedia for more info. Some websites (like ReBrick) makes it impossible to hotlink, but Pinterest does not offer that service yet.

Credit the original source
Pinterest does now refer to the source - they haven't always done that. If you use a similar service, make sure to credit the original source.

Pin from websites with a 'Pin button'
There's been a lot of writing about copyright on Pinterest. If you want to make sure, that you don't violate somebody's copyright, I recommend that you only bookmark things from websites with a 'Pin button'.