https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-new-to-me-pinterest-wrinkle Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:56:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-new-to-me-pinterest-wrinkle#post-1151288 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:25:21 +0000 Mander 1151288@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It was probably just a coincidence that either the photo you pinned turned up in their search results.&nbsp; Pinterest is a lot less anonymous and private than, say, Facebook, since the whole point is to promote things that you pin.&nbsp; For me, I don't really care if a future employer discovers that I went through a phase of liking houndstooth everything, or that I have an ugly fireplace that I'm thinking of painting black, or that I'm always seeing craft ideas that would be interesting.</p> <p>I do have a private board for things that I am actually considering buying, though.&nbsp; No sense advertising them until I get mine -- don't want it to sell out! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-new-to-me-pinterest-wrinkle#post-1146940 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 22:59:49 +0000 deb 1146940@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I&nbsp;view Pinterest as no different than Facebook. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-new-to-me-pinterest-wrinkle#post-1146909 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 22:14:39 +0000 Laurinda 1146909@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I maintain separate accounts/emails for different public sites, none of which are my real identity. I'm a bit&nbsp;paranoid from a past cyberstalking experience, but I want to be able to disengage if I have to. The way the net is going it looks like I may soon not even have that option, I stopped commenting on Huffington Post when they dropped anonymous posting and started&nbsp;linking everything to Facebook (which I also have strong opinions about). On another site I stopped commenting when I realized they were publishing our IP numbers with the comments.&nbsp;Sometimes I am willing to pay the price of lack of privacy, other times not. [And there is some disconcerting stuff for anyone out&nbsp;with&nbsp;a smart phone, think <i>Minority Report</i> "Hello Mr. Yakamoto and welcome back to the GAP!".] </p> <p>ETA: Bless Angie &amp; Greg for keeping YLF a positive and non-invasive social site!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-new-to-me-pinterest-wrinkle#post-1146705 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:50:53 +0000 Classically Casual 1146705@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, MaryK &amp; Stacey M, for your wise words.&nbsp; MaryK, your junk mail analogy is especially helpful.&nbsp; I like the illusion of privacy.&nbsp; I guess being reminded that it's not there ever is a good wake up call for me.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-new-to-me-pinterest-wrinkle#post-1146660 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:06:22 +0000 Anonymous 1146660@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with MaryK. You have to assume that nothing is private and everything is tracked, in my opinion. Even then, I occasionally get caught by surprise and I'm part of a demographic that really should know better! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-new-to-me-pinterest-wrinkle#post-1146562 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:20:08 +0000 MsMary 1146562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I assume everything I post on the internet is public, so something like that wouldn't faze me.</p> <p>I do think it's a good idea to know how the sites you visit work.&nbsp; Pinterest, for example, definitely leaves a trail because it's designed to leave a trail.&nbsp; You pin something and it links back to where you got it.&nbsp; And I think it's reasonable to assume it works the other way, too, as you found out.</p> <p>I think of it as similar to the paper junk mail you get when you sign up for a discount program somewhere, or make a charitable donation, or something similar.&nbsp; To me the upside of the internet is more than worth it.&nbsp; I'm just very vanilla about what I post and, as I've said before, try to make sure anything I post is something I would be okay with seeing on the front page of the newspaper tomorrow morning. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-new-to-me-pinterest-wrinkle#post-1146549 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:04:10 +0000 Classically Casual 1146549@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It must be evident to all that I spend way too much time on Pinterest.&nbsp; But as it's matured, I enjoy it more and more.</p> <p>So now I've had a new experience.&nbsp; This morning I pinned a photo of a pair of designer sandals from a shopping site onto one of my boards.</p> <p>When I returned from my walk, there was an email from Pinterest that someone had commented on the pin.&nbsp; And it was from the shopping site!&nbsp; It was a perfectly innocuous comment, but&nbsp; if nothing else is a reminder to me of all the "eyes" that are watching everything on the Internet.</p> <p>I'm struggling at the moment with the vulnerability issue I guess.&nbsp; Both the Target &amp; Nieman Marcus hackings potentially effected me,&nbsp; (If Amazon or Nordie's get hacked, I might as well just declare bankruptcy!)</p> <p>I love the Internet &amp; all it can do, But I wish the public (me) was a little more aware &amp; educated of the risks as technology evolves.</p> <p>Any words of advice?</p>