Practicum 6 Becky Jones

After months of effort, today I concluded that Pinterest does not like me. As I started my journey with Pinterest, I immediately questioned how I would be received when I was put on a waiting list to join. Right then and there, I knew Pinterest had to be about the elite. But wait a second, why would there be a waiting list? Wouldn't you want your social networking site to gain new members, to go viral and get as much participation as possible? Why would there be a waitlist. And what exactly am I waiting for: another member to get kicked off? or approval from the board? knowing that Pinterest had no information on me, I guessed I was waiting for it to "make room" for me. I guess that's cool...maybe it means something to be able to get onto this site and to stay there. Well...I still don't know why there was a waiting list for Pinterest. I'm fairly certain that people don't get kicked off, but I'd be willing to bet they get discouraged and quit. Pinterest certainly has a certain image (think Anthrolpologie and Urban Outfitters) that it tries to uphold. Being more of a Nike girl myself, after several of my "pinned" images of things of things I love were taken off the site (no doubt unapproved by the board) I became discouraged. Apparently, Pinterest is not all about your interests....so much as their own.