Pin
A pin starts with an image or video you add to Pinterest. You can add a pin from a website using the Pin It bookmarklet or upload an image right from your computer. Any pin on Pinterest can be repinned, and all pins link back to their source.
Board
A board is where you organize your pins by topic. You could pin ideas for remodeling your bathroom to your House Projects board, for example. Boards can be secret or public, and you can invite other people to pin with you on any of your boards.
Follow
When you follow someone, their pins show up in your Pinterest home feed. You can follow all of someone’s boards or just the ones you like best. To manage who you’re following, go to your profile and click Following.
Unfollow
When you unfollow someone, their boards won’t show up in your home feed anymore. You can unfollow all of someone’s boards, or just the ones you’re not that interested in. Nobody will get notified if you unfollow them.
Pin It Bookmarklet
The Pin It bookmarklet lets you easily pin things you see on websites and blogs. To get the bookmarklet or learn more, check out our Goodies page.
Home Feed
Your home feed is a collection of pins from pinners and boards you follow. It’s updated every time someone you follow adds a pin.
Need more help? Take a look at our Help Center.
Pinning Etiquette
Here are a few simple rules to help you pin with care.
Please be kind and remember that there are people on the other end of your comments.
We think authenticity—pinning things that express who you really are and what you really like—is more important than getting lots of followers.
Encourage artists to create great work by linking back to their pages, and leaving polite comments when you see pins that aren’t correctly credited.
If you see nudity, porn, hateful pins, or pins that encourage people to hurt themselves, please let us know! Just click Report Pin to report a pin, or the flag icon to report a pinner.
Pinterest is a growing, changing community, so there will sometimes be bumps along the way. Please let us know what’s working and what’s not in our Help Center.
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