Interested in Pinterest?

 This week in class we are being introduced and discussing Pinterest. I really lack experience in the world of Pinterest, as it's never really been interesting to me. I've used it a little here and there but other than that I've completely forgotten about its existence.

Pinterest is a platform that hovers under the radar in the social media world but, nonetheless, is used widely by many. I say it's under the radar because of how much time it took for the platform itself to come up into society. Today, there are over 433 million monthly users with over 240 billion total pins. A statistic that blew my mind was the fact that the United States has almost twice as many Pinterest users as the second highest country, which is Brazil. There are, according to the book, almost 94 million users in the United States and just over 48 million in Brazil. Is it more surprising that our country has the most users overall or that second place has 40 million less users? Perhaps the latter. 

After reading the chapter, it is easy to understand that Pinterest is a great platform for those looking for inspiration. Something I've seen throughout the reading is someone going on Pinterest to, for example, plan for a birthday party. They could do this by simply searching for something about birthday parties, whether it's for a boy or girl and what their age is to eventually find a theme. I really like this aspect of the platform and can understand why there are so many passionate users. Another thing I've noticed is those searching for cooking ideas or recipes. TikTok has always been atop of what I've known, but hey, Pinterest seems like it can take it over. 

I'm honest in saying that besides for our in class assignment I probably will never use Pinterest again. However, maybe I will one day use it after downloading it and see if I can be consistent. A lot of good can come from it, that's for sure.