Pinterest jacked my pinterest too.

catgirl

All of a sudden I am flooded with recipes and kitten pics. Granted I enjoy a few of these suggestion, but I don't see how to get rid of them, and don't want to wade through everything to find the people I follow.

The whole reason I enjoyed Pinterest is that it was not OVERWHELMING. I did not have to search for inspiration. And now it is and I do. WHY?!?! Why ruin a good thing?

12 years ago

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Nicole D

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At least it isn't recipes for how to prepare kittens. So weird.

12 years ago

Sveta

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I don't get anything except Pinterest weekly or something. Weird!

12 years ago

deb

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Mine is still OK and hope it stays that way.

12 years ago

Classically Casual

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I'm having a version of AG's experience. Probably more than 25% of the pins are in the "we thought you might like this" category. I've deleted some of my boards to try to stop it. I've pretty much lost interest in pinning anything myself, but I do occasionally enjoy viewing new entries from Angie & others I intentionally want to see. But it's annoying that some algorithm or whatever somewhere thinks it can second guess what I want to view. They can't, I change my mind frequently....LOL.

12 years ago

Janet

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Ok yuck. I'm sorry to hear they got you too. I got an email from them saying that they're trying out some wonderful new ideas (uh-huh) but so far my feed appears unmolested. *knocks on wood*

If they start mucking around with my feed, they will definitely run the risk of losing me altogether. Is there a petition we can all sign?

12 years ago

donnat

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Same... My pinterest is a mess of stuff i am not interested in seeing

12 years ago

Carla

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Ditto. A flurry of e-mail 'suggestions' usually comes after a flurry of pinning on my part. If I lurk, but don 't pin, I don't get the e-mails. E-mails just get trashed.

12 years ago

Marley

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I don't understand what you guys mean when you say you're getting suggestions from pinterest? Where are they? On your pinterest boards? I haven't had any problems - thank goodness! Oh, and Runcarla - you can set up your pinterest "settings" so that you don't get the e-mails.

12 years ago

rae

(website)

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Fwiw, this happened to me, too, and I deactivated my account. I finally broke down and reactivated it to access my outfit ideas, and lo and behold the suggested pins are gone ! Maybe de- and re- activating takes you off that horrible trial group.

12 years ago

Archer

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I have had an email from them which was written very skilfully to give pincers the impression they were being consulted about this more commercial moved. Everyone knows if you want a particular answer to a survey question you select your sample to suit. So I guess they are 'randomly' selecting people for the 'pilot' whose pinning history makes them look susceptible to unsolicited, aspirational marketing. What are they trying to tell us?

12 years ago

annagybe

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Ok I just got a bunch of pins on my page from boards that I don't follow. At least they are all fashion pins. But most are not my style.

12 years ago

Classically Casual

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FWIW, my Pinterest seems to be back under my (perceived) control. I sent a sharply worded email to Pinterest, and unfollowed lots of sites. Pinterest seems to be annoyingly slow in updating the changes that one requests, but it did finally happen. The "we thought you'd like this" pins have completely stopped.

12 years ago

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