# Social Media - Pinterest **URL:** \ **Category:** Social Media\ **Created:** [11 April 2025 11:23 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/social-media-pinterest/31306 "2025-04-11T11:23:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![underneaththeeaves](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/underneaththeeaves/32/234947_2.png) [@underneaththeeaves](https://talk.folksy.com/u/underneaththeeaves)\ **Post date:** [11 April 2025 11:23 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/social-media-pinterest/31306/1 "2025-04-11T11:23:39Z")
Hi I wondered about using Pinterest to promote my work on here but only ever used it to browse before. Has anyone got any helpful advice or tips ? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![theslothscavern](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/theslothscavern/32/205790_2.png) [@theslothscavern](https://talk.folksy.com/u/theslothscavern)\ **Post date:** [11 April 2025 12:23 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/social-media-pinterest/31306/2 "2025-04-11T12:23:48Z")
Hi, there are various topics about pinterest in the forum, you can find them by using the search on this forum, here is one of them that might be a good start [Pinterest 101 - getting started and getting the most out of it - Shop Talk / Social Media - Folksy Forums](https://talk.folksy.com/t/pinterest-101-getting-started-and-getting-the-most-out-of-it/28252) I personally only just pin every listing there and don’t bother with it again, so no tips from me 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![thecrimsonrabbit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/thecrimsonrabbit/32/147468_2.png) [@thecrimsonrabbit](https://talk.folksy.com/u/thecrimsonrabbit)\ **Post date:** [11 April 2025 14:48 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/social-media-pinterest/31306/3 "2025-04-11T14:48:38Z")
I used to use it for nothing but fulfilling my magpie tendancies in a virtual world - so much better for storage space! 😂 When they made some changes to make it more commercial with adverts and more video focused, I lost interest. I’ve quite recently started using it properly again (the link Mina posted is excellent for understanding what that means) but it’s so clunky that I quickly lose interest and go and sew something! The main thing I’d say about Pinterest is that it really isn’t social media, it’s a search engine and a very algorithm driven one. Sadly, these days whenever I do a search on there the results seem to be full of Temu listings that look very much like all the handmade things I used to love to pin! Sad 😕