I got this email from Pinterest:
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We'll recently removed your board "Back Now In Color" because it included pins that go against our policies. Like we mentioned in our earlier emails, we don't allow sexually explicit things on Pinterest. We do allow works of art and educational pins, like you might see in a museum or classroom.
Please remove any other pins that go against our policies. Otherwise, your account could be suspended.
The latest pin we removed was on this board and its description was " ". (Sorry, but we don't have a link to the image.)
Thanks for your help,
The Pinterest Team
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OK where do I start?
1. Repinning
Forgetting for the moment that I do not pin stuff that is contrary to the Pinterest TOS, I do repin. A Lot.
I think it is very reasonable to assume if Pinterest allows me to repin, THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE ORIGINAL PIN. And so they shouldn't come after me as a repinner of content I FOUND ALREADY EXISTING ON THEIR SERVICE.
Why are they threatening me with account suspension when I'm only doing what their service was really designed for? (Sharing by repinning).
2. What was my bad pin?
Fuck. They can't tell me. I don't think I did anything against their TOS, but I can't freaking see what they thought was doing so. So what can I do to not piss of the Pinterest Puritans again? Nothing I think except to only repin pictures of kittens. And if in doubt, don't repin. Just to keep my account?
3. I don't react kindly to bot-threats.
And Pinterest gives me no recourse to ask them why they've done what they've done.
So now, let my new sarcasm-laden boards begin.
4. My suggestion for handling repins.
If the original pin I repinned was contrary to the Pinterest TOS, pick on that user. Email him. Threaten him with account suspension. To repinners, simply replace their repin with a post like "Original pin has been removed by Pinterest because it violated our TOS".
Leave that in the repinner's board for two weeks so they can see there was a problem and then automatically remove it.
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Right now Pinterest's cavalier and frankly threatening attitude to their users is Fucking Appalling.
And they really need to work on that.
